School: Carrigabruise
- Location:
- Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mc Enrae
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- Almost every home is decorated with holly every Xmas-time in this district. The exact origin of the custom is unknown, but there is something amiss in the home that is not decorated in this way in the "merry season". Leaves are strung on a piece of string and formed into pretty wreaths to be placed over the fire-place, and oftentimes, these decorations are kept on the walls from year to year. The window-frame is transformed into a haze of ever-green with holly, and ivy, and rows of ivied arches are strung across the ceiling.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs J. Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan