Christmas in Ireland by WILLIAM KOETHER https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5 en-us 2016-12-13 15:47:01 UTC 2025-12-03 17:59:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Video william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143616210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1SOZjOjhDI
Christmas in Dublin, Ireland]]> 2016-12-14 15:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143616210 Country Background aliyah_t https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143616713  The Irish speak Gaelic.
The population of Ireland is about 4,713,993. In Ireland they decorate the streets with trees, lights, and holy symbols. In Ireland they speak english and Irish. Their culture is Gaelic. Ireland has low central plains. Ireland is an island. It is in Northwestern Europe.
]]> 2016-12-14 15:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143616713 Citations william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143619304 http://www.yourirish.com/traditions/christmas-in-ireland
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Knisely, Matt. "Place a Lit Candle in Your Window to Signal Welcome, and to Honor the Holy Family, a Scottish Tradition." Pinterest. N.p., 03 Dec. 2012. Web. 19 Dec. 2016.]]> 2016-12-14 15:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143619304 State Flag aliyah_t https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143623691 2016-12-14 15:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143623691 A map showing where Ireland is At william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143862898 2016-12-15 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143862898 Traditions in Ireland william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143863487 1. Feast of Epiphany Some Irish call it little Christmas women get the day off and the men do the housework and wash the dishes
2. People put a large thick candle on the sill welcoming Mary and Joseph and only a girl named Mary can blow it out 
3. Like in the U.S. children hope that Father Christmas leaves presents for them.
4. the Wren Boys Procession is when Young Men and women dress up in homemade costumes and go house to house carrying a long pole with holly on the top, singing a rhyme about a wren bird and are sometimes accompanied  by instruments.
5. St. Stephen's Day is after Christmas and when there is football matches and horse race meetings
6.After the Christmas meal, bread and milk are left out  on the step as a symbol of hospitality.
7. children leave out sacks instead of stockings
8. they leave out mince pies and a bottle of Guinness for Santa
9. Irish women bake one seed cake for every person in the house for the feast of Epiphany
10. They have  Christmas pudding.
]]> 2016-12-15 15:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143863487 Fun Facts william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143865177 1. Christmas is known 'Nollaig' in Irish (or Gaelic)
2. Santa Claus is known as  'San Nioclás' (Saint Nicholas) or Daidí na Nollag' (Father Christmas)
3. They have a thing called little women's christmas on January 6th where women stay behind on house work.
4. It is considered bad luck to take down your christmas tree until after Little Women's day.
5. Some children have to find there presents that are hidden in their room.]]> 2016-12-15 15:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143865177 History of Christmas in Ireland william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143872220 King Henry II took Christmas to Ireland in 1171. He built a big traditional Irish hall in Hogges. and that was the beginning of Christmas celebrations in Ireland. In Ireland Christmas is a mixture of ancient pagan and Christian heritage. ]]> 2016-12-15 15:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/143872220 The Wren Boys Procession william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144072015 2016-12-16 15:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144072015 Holiday william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144405801 In Ireland they celebrate St. Patrick's day they throw a festival for it.
They celebrate New years and Easter]]> 2016-12-20 02:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144405801 Feast of Epiphany william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144406242 2016-12-20 02:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144406242 Candle Welcoming Mary and Joseph william_koether https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144406526 2016-12-20 02:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/william_koether/v1r9hp5ujuk5/wish/144406526