School: Bun
- Location:
- Bun, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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- On Saint Stephens day a group of boys assemble together in some house and dress themselves like men and women. They put vizards and paper hats on them so that they will not be known. They also get a branch of holly and put a dead wren on it and decorate it with coloured paper. They go to every house saying this(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Guinan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80