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British Popular Customs

by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

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Ireland

A correspondent of N. & Q. (3rd S. vol. i. p. 446) mentions a custom at Wexford,[82] of lighting candles (more or less) in every window in the house, on the night of the vigil of All Souls, and when travelling along a country road where farmhouses and cottages are numerous, the effect is quite picturesque on a dark November eve.

Notes

82 This custom extends over the whole of Ireland, and is common in some parts of the Continent.

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