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Christmas in the Cloth | Here Comes the Mistletoe

13th December

We all know it as the symbol of love and romance at Christmas time – mistletoe hanging down from above. 
Can you see it dangle in the cloth? Held together with a traditional yarn of red ribbon, waiting patiently for a true love’s kiss – a ‘póg’, as we say in Gaelic.
 

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