School: Ballyrahan, Tinahely
- Location:
- Ballyraheen, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Mheachair
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- On St. Stephens Day the boys go out to catch the wren. They dress up in old clothes. When they catch the wren they go from house to house with. At every house they say "The wren, the wren the king of the birds, On St. Stephens Day was caught in the furze." Sometimes the people give them money. They buy cakes and things like that for the money they get for the wren.On Hallow-Eve the boys go to the houses with vizards. The people give them apples and money. The smaller children play games such as "Blind man's buff," and games with apples. On May Day the people do not give any mild. They give the people a pint more the night before. They say that it is unlucky to give milk on the first day of May.
- Collector
- Mary Darcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tomnafinnoge, Co. Wicklow