School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Lynch
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- On Saint Stephen's Day grown up men and boys gather up together and get a stick and tie a match box to it and go to the houses and sing.
"The wren the wren the king of all birds,
Saint Stephen's day she was caught in the furze,
All though she is little her family is great,
Rise up young lady and give us a treat.
Up with the kettle and down with the pan,
Give us our answer and let us be gone.
Our clothes are thorn tore,
Our boots are worn,
Following the wren this three days or more(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Gaffney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Gaffney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Clonarney, Co. Westmeath