School: Killomoran (roll number 15147)
- Location:
- Killomoran, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Delia Mc Kague
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0275
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"The wren, the wren, the king of all birds St Stephen's day he was caught in the furze, up with the kettle and down with the pan, give us a penny or two to bury the wren."
One of them plays a tune on a Violin or Melodian and the others dance a figure of a set and they continue in that way all day from house to house. In the evening they count the money and divide it equally and sometimes unfortunately they go to a public house and take a drop too much. On St Patrick's Day all the young people assembled in Gort especially the newly wed and spend the day walking through the streets showing themselves off and it was discussed throughout the whole country side who got the finest wife last Shrove?(continues on next page)
