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Christmas is Coming and Old Customs Recalled

26 Nov 2014


CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND... 

Old Customs Recalled - Singing Of Carvals (Carols)

REMEMBER the old saying “Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat” and the passerby is exhorted to “Please put a penny in the old man's hat?”... READ MORE HERE

From ‘Peeps into the Past’ article in The Courier [Isle of Man] 1965 by Syd Boulton p. 8 Friday, 31st December, 1965

 

You can read more Peeps into the Past articles relating to Manx music and dance here 

Transcribed by David J Radcliffe for the Manx Heritage Foundation 2011

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