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School: Foxrock (St Brigid's)

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Foxrock, Co. Dublin
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S. Ní Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 89

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    around, but in the country it is still kept up everywhere.
    On St. Stephen's morning they catch the Wren. Then they get a holly bush, and put rags on it. Then they get the Wren, and tie him to the bush, and go from house to house getting money, and they sing the following rhyme:-
    The Wren the Wren,
    The King of all birds,
    On St. Stephen's day,
    He was caught in the furze.
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    Although he is little,
    His family is great,
    Cheer up land-lady,
    And give us a treat
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    Shrove Tuesday we have pancakes on that night, for our tea, and we have great fun.
    On May Day all the children get little bunches of May, and lie them with coloured paper, and go around getting money to buy candles, and light them around the bush. They have great fun, and many people gather round them, and they enjoy themselves.
    St. Stephen's day . It is supposed to be a day that all the birds went together, and had a race, and whichever went the
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