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School: Cill Cúlach

Location:
Kilcooly, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0295

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  1. Local Customs

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    On chalk Sunday all unmarried people are marked with chalk. It is the custom to have cocks for dinner on St Martins day.
    On St Stephens day a crowd of boys mask themselves and go from house to house gathering money and they say the following
    the wren the wren
    the king of all birds
    On St Stephens day he was caught in the furzes.
    Up with the kettle down with the pan
    Give me some money to bury the wren.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballydoogan, Co. Galway