School: Inch, Borris
- Location:
- Clanagh, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Michael J. O'Donoghue
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- (continued from previous page)this district. Long ago they were used as starch.
- In each district in Ireland there is some custom for each feast day. One of the great days of the year is St. Stephen's. On that day a number of boys go in a procession from house to house with decorated holly and ivy and dress themselves in dresses and any old clothes they could get. When they go into a house they begin to sing the wren song which is as follows:The wren, the wren the king of all birds.
St. Stephen's day he was caught in the furze.
Although he was little his honour was great,
Get up long laddy and give us a treat,
Up with the kettle and down with the pan,
Give us a penny to bury the wren.St. Patrick's day the 17th March in honour of our patron Saint, St. Patrick. On that day everybody wears a bunch of shamrock because it was with the shamrock that he taught the Irish people the mystery of the Trinity.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Martin Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cournellan, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Owen Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gowlin, Co. Carlow