School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 159
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - On St Stephens day the boys and men used to go from house to house with a decorated bush and a dead wren on it. they used to play music and sing the wren song and gather money from the people which was divided among them. this custom is kept up yet but neither the dead wren or the bush is carried now.
On the feast of the Epiphany there was a custom for the people to light twelve rush candles and place them in a row. The number "twelve" was picked because it was the twelfth day after Christmas. Then if there were twelve people present each would pick a candle(continues on next page)
