School: Traceystown (roll number 12156)
- Location:
- Tracystown West, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Proínséas Bean Uí Phearáil
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- (continued from previous page)saved them from sickness throughout the year. This is also the day for hunting the wren. A crowd of fellows called the "Wren Boys" go around with a dead wren suspended from a holly bush wearing quaint costumes and with blackened faces. They move from house to house playing music and singing songs about the wren. Sometimes they collect money with which they provide a feast for themselves that night.St. John's Night - Great fires called bonfires are made on this night and the young people sing songs and dance around them until they burn out.
Numbers of these fires may be seen along the mountains in most districts on this night.All Fools' Day - On the first day of April, called "All Fools' Day" a note with "send the fool further"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Roche
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Coolraheen, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Patrick Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Coolraheen, Co. Wexford
