 It is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use it for any profane purpose after. t It is the custom, in Irish Catholic families, to sit up till midnight on Christmas-eve, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies of the religion have...  "Holland-tide": Or, Munster Popular Tales - Page 170by Gerald Griffin - 1827 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gerald Griffin - Ireland - 1857 - 414 pages
...in Irish houses. It is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use it for any profane purpose after. t It is the custom, in Irish Catholic families, to sit...the morning mass, which, in cities, is celebrated soou »ii« the hour alluded to, and long before day-break. m. I saw my father's eyes grow dim, And... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1857 - 412 pages
...Irish houses. It is a kind of impiety to enuff, touch, or use it for any piofane purposes after. i It is the custom, in Irish Catholic families, to sit...Christmas-eve, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Fe* ceremonies of the religion have a more splendid and imposing effect than the morning mass, which,... | |
 | 1874 - 820 pages
...cheer and unity. It is observed also with much imposing religious ceremony. It is a custom in most Catholic families to sit up till midnight on Christmas-eve, in order to join in the devotions at that hour. We agree with Gerald Griffin that " few ceremonies of religion have a more... | |
 | Laurel - 1879 - 438 pages
...in Irish houses. It is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use it for any profane purpose after. t It is the custom in Irish Catholic families to sit up till midnight on Christmas Eve, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies of the religion have a more... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1884 - 458 pages
...caudle is lighted, which it is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use for any ordinary purpose. t It is the custom in Irish Catholic families to sit up till midnight on Christmas eve, in order to join in the devotion of the midnight mass. One of Carleton'B powerful tales... | |
 | English poetry - 1887 - 842 pages
...Irifth houses. It is a kind of Impiety to snuff, touch, ur use it for any profane purposes after. t It Is the custom in Irish Catholic families to sit up till midnight on Christmas eve, in order to join In devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies of the religion have a more... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1895 - 434 pages
...purposes after. *J' {•*" """"torn, in Irish Catholic families, to sit up till midnight on uuutmu-er*, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies...religion have a more splendid and imposing effect m. I gaw my father's eyes grow dim, And clasp'd my mother's knee; I saw my mother follow him — My... | |
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