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http://www.takeourword.com/Issue020.html
If you follow this link, it describes this song as one sung on All Hallow's Eve, the last day of the Celtic year to collect "soul cakes" to honor the dead. And the Christmas connection came much later. At least according to this source.
http://www.takeourword.com/Issue020.html
If you follow this link, it describes this song as one sung on All Hallow's Eve, the last day of the Celtic year to collect "soul cakes" to honor the dead. And the Christmas connection came much later. At least according to this source.