From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an cúigiú lá de mí Eanair, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > [...] For example, here in New Zealand it's January 5, which is the Twelfth   
    > Day of Christmas (where the song ends), and in fact since it's 11pm, it's   
    > Twelfth Night! That means tomorrow is Epiphany (Greek epipháneia   
    > 'appearance'), commemorating the three kings/wise men coming to see baby   
    > Jesus. Called "Day of the Kings" and suchlike in some places. The "Three   
    > Kings", small islands at the north end of New Zealand, were so called by   
    > Abel Tasman because he first saw them on that day.   
      
   It’s “Nollag na mBan” in Ireland, “Women’s Christmas”   
   traditionally the men   
   would take over home duties and the women would let their hair down.   
      
    > Anyhow...Epiphany is actually a public holiday in quite a few countries.   
    > Then the next day (7th) is Orthodox Christmas!   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)