School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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- (continued from previous page)And if your treat be off the best
I hope in heaven your soul will rest
And if your treat be off the small
It wont agree with those little boys at all.
So up with the kettle, and down with the pan
Give us our answer and let us be gone.
My coat is tore, my boots are wore.
Following the wren three days or more,
So money he wants, and money he prays.
And if he does not get money, he will go down in the grave. The money they gather is divided evenly on all the boys, and with it they make(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anna M. Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Cassidy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath