Nollaig na mBan…
On this, the last of the twelve holy days which marks the end of the Christmas season, women in Ireland would traditionally visit each other and drink tea.
BELLS
don’t worry my dear
there’ll still be bells this Christmas
some things never change
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Living in Switzerland, one cannot fail to be confronted by the ubiquitous nature of the bell.
The Gift of the Magi
As a young couple, Remo and I gave each other the same little book for Christmas.
Memories… Larne – Stranraer
Caledonia
In the summer months when I was a child, we would often take the ferry to Stranraer from Larne and visit my sister who lived with her Scottish husband in ‘