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School: Knockbridge (C.), Dundalk (roll number 15102)

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Knockbridge, Co. Louth
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Margaret O' Hanlon
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  1. Customs Associated with the Different Festivals of the Year

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    These are some of the customs associated with Christmas. On Christmas night the people light a blessed candle and put it on the window and it is said that the Blessed Virgin and the Infant Jesus walk round where the candle is lit. That is one of the old customs.
    Before Christmas the mummers dress up in old clothes and go round to each house and they sing, and dance and the people of the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Grange, Co. Louth