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‘cupla focail as gaeilge’ / few words in Irish.

~ Beagán a rá agus a rá go maith ~

~ Say a little and say it well. ~

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The beautiful spideog doesn't migrate far in the winter like many other birds do, we get its birdsong all winter as the males protect their patch from other robins, nice and territorial! I found that the Glasgow coat of arms has a robin on it and the line 'the bird that never flew' is associated with it, giving a nod to its winter presence (also a connection to St Mungo who brought a robin back to life.) In Victorian times English post men were nicknamed robins due to their red jackets. The high amount of letters and cards delivered around Christmas kick started the imagery of the spideog as a Christmas symbol. .
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Maróg nollag, a Christmas pudding, often called plum pudding. This is because in pre-Victorians times raisins were usually called plums. I also can't get my head around how it originally had meat in it (as did the pióg mhionra) Its fruity deliciousness only in my brain! Anybody else have the tradition of setting it on fire??
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Pléascóg Nolllag were invented by Tom Smith in the mid 1800's and originally had candied almonds inside. His son's added the paper crowns, mini gifts and messages as they grew the company into a Christmas cracker powerhouse! Themed sets included Charlie Chaplin crackers and suffragette crackers! .
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A réinfhia silhouette! I found a great article about reindeer on mentalfloss, my favourite fact being that adult male reindeer lose their antlers in the winter and female reindeer lose them in the spring/summer so that suggests that Santa's réinfhia are either all females or young males!
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