The women are then given a gingerbread cake afterwards. The festivities are linked to 17th and 18th century fishing seasons when the men would leave the women to run the island while they were at sea.

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Today is "Nollaig na mBan" in Ireland, also known as "Little Christmas," "Women's Christmas," and ... In certain corners of the country, prayers are said to Saint Brigid of Kildare.