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Article: Irish inventors have had some crazy Xmas ideas.. So were they geniuses before their time or simply CRACKERS.(Features)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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Byline: TOM PRENDEVILLE
ALL of Ireland goes a bit crackers at Christmas.
But did you know there would be no crackers in the first place if it wasn't for the Irish?
Our Crazy Christmas Correspondent TOM PRENDEVILLE went digging for a few Yuletide surprises with an Irish twist.
And, as always, he pulled in a few tales of the unexpected.
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
The modern Yuletide Christmas Cracker - invented circa 1870 - owes its origins to Colonel Jack Talbot, an Irish-born officer who served with the American Confederate Army.