And a very Merry/Happy Christmas to everyone on the Beara List too! I for one still put a candle in the window (even though it's a battery operated LED one on account of the potential fire hazard in a Manhattan apartment) and I celebrate January 6 (actually the Saturday that falls near it) by holding an Epiphany party for close friends. As for past traditions - My mother told me that on Christmas Eve the family had a special dinner with a fish called ling that they ate only on that day each year. She didn't continue that tradition here in the Staes, but she often reminisced about it, along with the candle in the window and greens brought in (but no tree) and the special treats like mince pies and oranges and how the shops in Castletown would give people a little extra something as a gift. Maggie Duffy ----- Original Message ----- From: "seamus O'More" <seamusjames@yahoo.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. > Mo chara's > D.V. means God willing. > May everyone have a great season full of Gods love. > Who still lights a red candle inside a holly wreath? > Or a candle or light in the window? > Do you still celebrate Jan 6th? > 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? > Seamus > > --- On Sat, 12/13/08, Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > wrote: > > From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > Subject: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 3:28 AM > > A very, very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all > those > on the Beara List and to all their friends.Times may be a bit tough at the > moment, but they won't always be like that. Keep the spirit up and battle > on. > This is the first time that Joan & myself will be all on our > own for Christmas. Two of the lads will be on duty; one will be gone > abroad for > a few weeks; and the other and his family will be celebrating at home. But > they > will be back to us again shortly after Christmas D.V. > At present I'm working on Glengarriff records. No rest for the > wicked !! > Have a lovely holiday. > Best wishes, > Riobard & Joan > > > > > > > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1966 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >