1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baldoyle Convent

School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

Location:
Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 177

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 177

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baldoyle Convent
  2. XML Page 177
  3. XML “Festival Customs”
  4. XML “Festival Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Festival Customs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

  2. Festival Customs

    Share Share Post
    Festival Customs
    3rd March 1938
    One of the oldest festival customs in my district is held on Saint Stephen's day. All the boys go around and search for the wren. The first boy who gets the wren kills it and puts it on a bearer.
    He then calls the other boys and they go from house to house saying "The wren the wren the king of all birds, on Saint Stephen's day he was caught in the furs". The people used to give the boys money and on the following Sunday if they
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit