School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 480
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- (continued from previous page)I think myself a jolly old man
Up with the kettle,
And down with the pan,
Give us our answer,
And let us be gone.
Money we want,
Money we crave,
If you don't give us that,
We will make your grave."
The Wren boys do not say this rhyme now.St. Patrick's Day.
St. Patrick's Day falls on the seventeenth day of March. It is not kept as a holiday of obligation in any country except Ireland. The reason why the Irish keep it as a holiday of obligation is because it was St. Patrick who taught them the True Faith.
On this day the people wear shamrock or harps or ribbons because when St. Patrick was teaching he took up the shamrock that was growing at his feet and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pauline Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
