02176nam 22004933 450 991015171020332120250507080526.09781845882785184588278497807509814840750981482(CKB)3710000000911546(MiAaPQ)EBC4783501(VLeBooks)9780750981484(Perlego)1530482(MiAaPQ)EBC32063355(Au-PeEL)EBL32063355(OCoLC)960041950(EXLCZ)99371000000091154620250507d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn Irish Christmas1st ed.London :History Press Limited, The,2016.©2016.1 online resource (144 p.) This book is a compendium of material, in English and Irish, on the festival of Christmas from the manuscripts of the National Folklore Collection recalling how Christmas was celebrated in the nineteenth and early twentieth century in all its regional diversity. The book begins with accounts of the Christmas preparations, before moving through Christmas Eve, with its fasting, feasting and a multitude of superstitions, Christmas Day, with its focus on the home and family, and on to the accounts of the communal celebration of St Stephen's Day with Wren Boys, games and hunting. Moving towards New Year's Day, the book recalls the optimism and fear associated with a transitional time when omens for the coming year were keenly observed, and finally concludes with accounts of the Little Christmas, also known as the Women's Christmas, celebrated on 6 January, and at which point the twelve-day festival comes to a close. ChristmasFolkloreChristmas.Folklore.398.23609415Newman Stephen167034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910151710203321An Irish Christmas4181507UNINA