School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   The wren the wren she is the King,
   The eagle says she's no such thing,
   Up in the holly and ivy tree,
   The wren the wren says merrily.

   We followed the wren three miles and more,
   Three miles and more,
   Three miles and more,
   On a cold and frosty morning.
   We broke his bones,
   With sticks and stones,
   With sticks and stones,
   With sticks and stones.
   On a cold and frosty morning.

   They would be going from house to house dancing and singing and playing and getting money at every house for dancing and playing fiddles and melodions. They would be going from house to house till night. They would stay out till about nine o'clock and then they would go home.

   There would be one following minding the money and he is called the cash-keeper. They would divide the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Guiltenan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolbeg, Co. Limerick