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School: Conaithe an Aonaigh

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Conna, Co. Cork
Teacher:
S. Ó Ciosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 075

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    usual custom to receive Holy Communion. The day is a day for all sorts of feasting. It is said that everyone should stay in their own homes during that night.
    {Added by teacher:- On Christmas eve when the elders go to bed the house should be prepared for the travellers, Joseph, Mary & the Baby. The door is left open or sometimes on the latch; a fresh log is put on the fire; the kitchen is swept and tidied and three chairs are arranged about the fire. The Christmas candle is put on the window with the shutters unlocked and the blinds folded. This lovely custom is now almost dead in this district.
    J. Cashman}.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Hartigan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hartigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Conna, Co. Cork