School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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- (continued from previous page)This same idea of welcome is meant when the door is closed (latched) but not locked or bolted. They say the Blessed Virgin often times comes and the house should be free for her to enter.
I forgot to mention that some people light a candle for each member of the family dead or so far from home as not being able to spend Christmas with the family.
Christmas Cards are sent Christmas Eve (rather used be as owing to new Postal arrangements there is to be an end to letters or parcels being delivered Christmas Day) to friends. There is always a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of wine in the house. The first person to enter the house Christmas Day gets a drink.
No one goes out on Cuaird Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
The houses in Country look beautiful with all the lights.
Santa Claus comes down the chimney to the children who hang up their stockings. Their joy is great to come and see what Santa brought them. Chimneys are well cleaned before Christmas so that Santa will be pleased and more than likely to avoid the chimney or soot, rather lighting fire, owing to all the comings going on.(continues on next page)
