School: Árd-chill
- Location:
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonalláin
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Árd-chill
- XML Page 172
- XML “Festival Customs - How St Stephen's Day is Observed in this District”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- The Wren Song
The wren, The wren,
The king of all birds,
St. Stephen's Day,
She was caught in the furze,
Although she is little,
Her family is great,
Rise up land lady and give is a treat,
Up with the kettle,
And down with the pan,
A penny or two,
To bury the wren.St. Stephen's Day.
The custom of "going with the wren" is still observed in this district. Our fathers and grandfathers "went round(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Joseph Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnalaragh, Co. Cavan