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School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0119

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    On St. Stephen's Day boys gather and disguise themselves with queer sort of clothes. One of the boys play on some musical instrument while the other boys dance. They carry with them a wren in a cage. When they have finished dancing they say :-
    "The wren, the wren
    King of all the birds
    On St. Stephen's Day
    He was caught in the furze.
    Up with the kettle
    And down with the pan
    Give us a penny to bury the wren"
    This song is called the wren song . The boys ask at every house for money to bury the wren.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael J. Mullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo