School: Currans (C.) (roll number 4460)
- Location:
- Currans, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Bhraoin
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- (continued from previous page)Wheaten Bread:-
Pure wheaten was made for priests and those of high rank. It was regarded as a wonderful treat.
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Was made of flour and baked so hard that they could not cut it they had to pick it. - On St. Stephen's all the boys of the neighbourhood go round to gather money. Long ago boys and men went out.
Before the dinner on Christmas Day a crowd of men went out to the hedges to catch a wren. They killed the wren and attached the body to a holly stick or put a live one into a glass pot. On St. Stephen's Day(continues on next page)