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MaryH
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06/01/2009 12:24
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Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Hello All,
Today in Ireland is known as Nollaig na mBhan or Womens Christmas,(traditionally a day for women to celebrate with other women friends and female family members) so I would like to wish you all Happy Womens Christmas and best wishes for 2009.
Mary H
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Thank you MaryH, what a lovely Idea.
Do the men cook the dinner then?
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Ashbee
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06/01/2009 12:28
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Thank you, that's a new one on me but I think we should encourage it over here...although as OH has gone back to work and the schools have re-opened it feels a bit like Christmas!!!!!
Have a lovely day, MaryH.
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MaryH
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06/01/2009 12:33
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Bars and restaurants will be full of groups of women tonight so that women can have the night off so while the men don't actually cook maybe they might pick up the tab. One Dublin restaurant was featured on radio this morning advertising their womens special, the presenter reckons its the place to go to tonight for fellas to "pull".
Mary H
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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What a lovely sentiment. It is also twelfthnight! Hope all those Chrissy Deckers are down.
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PLASMO
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06/01/2009 12:39
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Mary H,
Great idea, anything to encourage get togethers for whatever reason. I send you the same greeting and hope you enjoy this special day.
Plasmo x
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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What a lovely idea!Enjoy your day.
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MaryH
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06/01/2009 12:42
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Yes OzzieKez thats the idea behind it,as its twelfthnight and all the hard work over Christmas is finished it's now time for the women to relax. Decorations don't come down in our house until after Jan 6th so taking them down tomorrow.
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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I wonder if I could start that tradition here! Sounds like a beauty......How do you pronounce it?
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MaryH
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06/01/2009 12:55
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Nollag na mon it's actually pronounced fairly much as you see it. Nollaig is Irish for Christmas and also Irish for the month of December and mna is Irish for woman it adopts an M or H in front in certain circumstances, eg plural.
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Is that Gaellic? I'm fascinated by those languages and traditions. I have to go to bed now because it's getting late but it would be great to hear more about it. Lots of the books I read have (thankfully) pronunciations of words, names and places in the front. It amazes me how departed it seems from the English we speak today. Anyway Happy Nollaig na mBhan.
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MaryH
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06/01/2009 13:11
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Good night OzzieKez (or Oiche Bannacht in Irish). PM me if I can be of any help.
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Lovely idea Mary. Are you going somewhere nice tonight?
Have a good evening whatever you do.
Rainbow.x
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MaryH
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06/01/2009 13:20
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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Hi Rainbow, staying in with OH and nice bottle of wine, will do my best to enjoy LOL
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Re: Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBhan)
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hi mary thank you for that,hope you have a good day,and the new year brings you much joy and happiness
love oliveoil
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