Hello Seamus, all, seamus O'More <seamusjames@yahoo.com> writes: > Mo chara's > D.V. means God willing. Indeed it does. Deus Volent. > May everyone have a great season full of Gods love. > Who still lights a red candle inside a holly wreath? I don't know that one. Can you tell me the significance? > Or a candle or light in the window? This one I do, and yes, we put (electric) candles in our front windows. > Do you still celebrate Jan 6th? Indeed we do. > Traditions taken with us to other parts of the world fades with time. > What other Christmas tradition's did our Beara ancestors take with them? I don't know if it was a tradition from Beara or not, but my grandmother traditionally served fish on Christmas Eve. She at least told us it was a custom from Ireland. -- Bill
I wonder if the candle in the wreath might be an echo of the Advent wreath. The Advent wteath has four candles in the wreath and one in the middle. The one in the middle is usually white as a symbol of Christ. Maggie Duffy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <gawne@cesmail.net> To: "seamus O'More" <seamusjames@yahoo.com> Cc: "Beara" <Beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. > Hello Seamus, all, > > seamus O'More <seamusjames@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Mo chara's >> D.V. means God willing. > > Indeed it does. Deus Volent. > >> May everyone have a great season full of Gods love. >> Who still lights a red candle inside a holly wreath? > > I don't know that one. Can you tell me the significance? > >> Or a candle or light in the window? > > This one I do, and yes, we put (electric) candles in our front windows. > >> Do you still celebrate Jan 6th? > > Indeed we do. > >> Traditions taken with us to other parts of the world fades with time. >> What other Christmas tradition's did our Beara ancestors take with them? > > I don't know if it was a tradition from Beara or not, but my > grandmother traditionally served fish on Christmas Eve. She at least > told us it was a custom from Ireland. > > -- Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >