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Staying on the Religious theme again for this post...
When a child is seven or eight, they can make their Communion. (Think it was 2nd class so that was 4 years in school).
In school the class prepare for this in the religion lessons. The ceremony consists of a normal mass and then each child having their first taste of communion.
For anyone that does not know-Communion is like a small round bit of wafer-like bread.

The picture above is of a girl and a boy's Communion outfits. These may vary. The girl wears a white/cream/ivory dress with sometimes a veil and sometimes a wreath of fresh flowers on the head.
The boy generally wears maybe a suit, or just trousers and a shirt.
In school the class would prepare for this in the religious education lessons. The ceremony consists of a normal mass and then each child having their first taste of communion. Communion is like a small round bit of wafer-like bread. It is sometimes called the host.

When a child makes his/her Communion it is a very happy and special time.
After the ceremony, the child and the family often go to visit friends and relatives, or else they have a party at home and they invite friends and relatives.
And of course the child that has just made their communion love it as it is customary to get money from their aunts and uncles.

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