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- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- (continued from previous page)Christmas Day falls on the twenty fifth of December every year. It is the greatest feast during the whole year, because Our Lord was born on this day.
Every priest says three Masses on Christmas Day. There is midnight Mass in some Chapels, while in other Chapels Mass is earlier than on a Sunday.
The local prepare a turkey or a goose for the dinner. They also make a plum pudding about a fortnight or three weeks before Christmas and they put whiskey or brandy in it to preserve it.
Every person gets presents and postcards from their(continues on next page)- Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Frank Sheridan
- Gender
- Male