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School: Leamore

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 083

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    Festival Customs
    On St. Stephens Day a number of boys go around hunting the wren. The song they sing is The wren, the wren, the King of all Birds. St. Stephens Day he was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family is great, rise up landlady and give us a treat. Up with the kettle, and down with the pan, give us a ranson and let us go on. A box of money, a barrel of berr, I wish you all a happy new Year. Then the people of the house give them a penny or so. They go around to every house in the village hunting the wren till evening. Then they divide the money between them and go off to the town and buy sweets from the money.
    Other festivals on which these customs are held are on November eve. On November the people get apples and nuts for the night. On that night they get a tub of water and put the nuts into it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Lea Beg, Co. Offaly