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School: Gleanntán

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Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0383, Page 095

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    twelve months. On St Stephens day the wren boys go out collecting money from house to house and they sing the following song ;- "The wren the wren the king of all birds on St Stephen's Day she was caught in the furze we hunted her up and we hunted her down and one of our wren boys knocked her down. Here she is here for all to see guarded on a holly tree a bunch of ribbons by her side and the Caherlag boys to be her guide". It is the custom that on Bonfire Night a stick is taken out of the fire and thrown into the potato garden so as to keep the blight off them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Esther Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Caherlag, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Address
    Caherlag, Co. Cork