LIMERICK IFA hosted its traditional Nollaig na mBan celebration lunch at the Woodlands House Hotel in Adare this Saturday afternoon.
Limerick IFA’s farm family committee, chaired by Peggy Cooke, hosted the event which marks the the twelfth and final day of Christmas.
As a reward for their hard work over the Christmas season, it was a day off from all house work for women and traditional roles were supposed to be reversed in the home: men did the women’s work in the house while women rested and gathered together informally.
According to RTÉ Brainstorm, the custom was that women made social calls to the homes of their friends and neighbours and enjoyed tea and the last of the Christmas cake.
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