I'm going to be offering a three-class workshop on traditional Irish Christmas songs (in Irish). I can almost guarantee that someone is going to ask for something "secular." Does anyone know if there are any "wintery" songs in Irish that might stand in for such? If not, it may just have to be good old (not terribly traditional) "Bualadh bos."

Redwolf

This is taken from the Irish Page

Rudolf an fia rua
Bhí loinnir ar a shrón chomh maith
Agus dá bhfeicfeá ariamh é
Déarfá linn go raibh sé geal.

Bhíodh na fianna eile
Ag gáire is ag magadh faoi.
Ní ligeadh siad ariamh do Rudolf
Páirt a ghlacadh i gcluichí.

Oíche Nollag cheomhar bhán
Tháinig San Níoclás
"Rudolf le do shrón gheal ghlé
An rachaidh tú os comhair mo shlé?"

Bhí grá ag na fianna eile dó,
Is bhéic siad amach as ard
"Rudolf an fia rua,
Nach ortsa bhéas an clú is cáil.

Again this is taken from the Irish Page - translated into Irish by Breandán Mac Liom (not by me)

Dhá Lá Déag na Nollag

Ar an chéad lá Nollag thug mo leanná dom
patraisc i gcrann piorraí.
Ar an dara lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
dhá fhearan bhfeaca.
Ar an tríú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
trí chearc fhrancacha.
Ar an ceathrú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
ceithre éan ag glaoch.
Ar an cúigiú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
cúig fháinne óra.
Ar an séú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
sé ghé ag breith.
Ar an seachtú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
seacht n-eala ag snámh.
Ar an t-ochtú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
ochtar cailín ag bleán.
Ar an naoú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
naonúr ban ag damhsa.
Ar an deichiú lá Nollag thug mo leannán dom
deichniúr tiarna ag léim.
Ar an t-aonú lá déag Nollag thug mo leannán dom
aon phíobaire dhéag ag seinm.
Ar an dara lá déag Nollag thug mo leannán dom
dháreag drumadóir ag drumadóireacht.

(I remember posting this up at the other place a long time ago)