School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)
- Location:
- Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Mac Coitir
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"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.- Collector
- Thomas Lane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbeyfeale Hill, Co. Limerick