School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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   blue sash, and a wreath of violets in her hair. The "May Queen has two attendants, dressed in blue frocks and white sashes.
   Mary Harford.
   I got this information from
   Mr Patrick Fox
   Kilbarrack, Cemetary
   Sutton
   Co Dublin.

   

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2. Festival Customs

   

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   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

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lillie Gough

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr Gough

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Sutton, Co. Dublin