School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Caitlín Cadhla
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- On St Stephen's Day the boys go round with a dead wren on a stick and sing the wren's song: -The wren, The wren
The king of all birds
On St Stephen's Day
She was caught in the furze,
She dipped her wing in a barrel of beer
A happy Christmas and a merry New Year.On Shrove Tuesday the people make pancakes and toss them up in the air and catch again on the pan.On St Brigid's Day the people make little straw crosses and hang them above their doors.On Ash Wednesday the priest blesses(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nuala Halligan
- Gender
- Female