School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
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- (continued from previous page)Irleand". It was a true prophesy as after fifteen centuries the fire of the faith which Patrick brought is still burning brightly.St Stephen’s Day.
On Saint Stephen’s day it is a custom for the people in this district to dress themselves in old clothes and put false faces on them. They gather a good deal of money, going from house to house. They sometimes dance of the door step and when they have finished they ask for money. They have a rhyme made:
The wren, the wren, the King of all birds;
St. Stephen’s Day he was caught
In the furze.
Although he is little he’s familys- Collector
- John Melady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Robertstown, Co. Meath