New Year's Day in Ireland


Top 7 Irish new year traditions are:
Cleaning the house
remembering family members who had passed away by setting a place for them at the dinner table and leaving it empty
banging the walls of the house with bread as a way of chasing away bad luck and evil spirits
Great importance was placed on who was first through the door at the start of the New Year
placing misteltoe under a pillow to find a partner in the New Year
Hoping for wind from the West

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