School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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1. Lore of Certain Days (continued)

   

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   11. If it rains on St. Swithan's Day it will rain for forty days. 12. The first three days of April are called "borrowed days" because they are so cold that they are supposed to be borrowed from March. 13. The days before Christmas are called "The dark days of Christmas".

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2. Festival Customs

   

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   1. St. Stephen's Day

   People dress in funny clothing and go from house to house singing songs. They make plenty of money, because at each house they get twopence or threepence and when they have a lot of money gathered they divide it among themselves. They are called wren-boys, and they hunt the wren. This is the song they sing at every door:-

   The wren, the wren, the king of all birds,
   St. Stephens day she was caught in the furze,
   Although she is little her family is great,
   Rise up, landlady and give us a trate. (treat)
   Up with the kettle, and down with the pan,

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