School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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- (continued from previous page)boys sing other songs besides the wren songs. The people sometimes give pieces of the pudding more give some of the Christmas cake but very often money is given but more often they are turned away and told none of their sort is wanted. The money is divided according to the number of people in the group. Elderly boys get people to allow them to have a dance in the house. They beg for all the food and pay for any minerals or wine or beer of any kind. There is a saying about St Brigids day "If the sunbeam comes in on Brigids day the snow comes before may day.
- Collector
- Nancy Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garlagh Cross, Co. Meath