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School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)

Location:
Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0495, Page 094

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    a house.
    "The wren, the wren, that I brought here,
    I plucked his wings and shaved his beard,
    I followed my wren through frost and snow,
    I followed my wren five miles or so,
    I followed my wren as far as Kilrush,
    And brought him home on a holly bush,
    So up with the kettle and down with the pan,
    And give us a treat to bury the wren."
    Whatever amount is gathered it is counted and stored by the treasurer until the lone of a house is got. A wren party is to be had and enjoy themselves and drinkers now and again get intoxicated.
    Sometimes a football is bought to keep the old Gaelic pastime going and other times the money is divided among the wren boys.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Lane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbeyfeale Hill, Co. Limerick