School: Druminardly
- Location:
- Drumman Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 273
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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.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. - Saint Martins feast day is on the eleventh of November. He was very charitable to the poor. One day he met a begger who was naked and Saint Martin cut half his coat and gave it to the begger. Any day from the first to the eleventh of November, there is a hen killed in the house and the sign of the cross is made on the door with its blood; it is also sprinkled on the four corners of the house in honour of Saint Martin. He was also called Martin of Tours.St. Stephens:
Saint Stephens day is on the twenty-sixth of December. All the boys gather together and follow the wren. They are called the wren-boys. They go from house to house; they bring a box and a whole in the top of it. Into the whole(continues on next page)
