School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 399
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- (continued from previous page)the cows. On '' Little Christmas'' Night people have a big supper before going to bed. They have all kinds of sweet things, currant cakes, sweet loaves, jam, butter, apples and oranges and several other nice things. They have a roast goose or a roast turkey for their dinner on '' Little Christmas '' Day.
People also have a drink on that night, they have wine, whiskey or porter.
'' Little Christmas is also [the] known as the Christmas of the women.
The houses are decorated with holly and nice decorated papers from before Christmas until after Little Christmas. Then they are all taken down, the holly is burned and the papers are put aside or to keep.
