School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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- (continued from previous page)in the furze,
Although he was little his honour was great,
Get up me laddies and give us a treat.
This is the wren that you may see,
Hanging from a holly tree,
A bunch of ribbons by his side,
And we're the boys to be his guide,
Up with the kettle and down with the pan,
A shilling or two to bury the wren.
In the evening the money is divided and they all go to the nearest public house and get drunk. They have a dance in the kitchen of the public house and (get) it is very near dawn next day when they stroll home to their beds.
Told by: - Thomas Brett (60), Cappa, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Written by: Malachy Brett, Cappa, Cahir, Co. Tipperary- Collector
- Malachy Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary