(gan teideal) “When I was a boy, a mere child maybe, I remember that when the Christmas candle was lighted on Xmas eve, my mother used take a spray of holly from that which was used to decorate the house, hold it in the flame of the Christmas candle and when, after some” CBÉS 0507 Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Holly is used for decorating the house at Christmas.” CBÉS 0732 Elizabeth Molloy, John Molloy Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “On my father's land there is a bush growing and beside it is a holly tree.” CBÉS 0774 Pat Dowling Tras-scríbhinn