School: Garryross
- Location:
- Garryross, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 408
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- (continued from previous page)A chip of the same block.
Rub grease to the fat pigs rump
Leave the Kiesh as it is
A cat can look at a king
I'll get ill gone
Covetousness bursts the bag.
There's a silver lining in every cloud.
Self praise is no praise
A fool and his money are easy parted.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
You cannot have your bread and eat it.
- On St. Stephen's day:- On St. Stephen's Day the boys and sometimes the girls also dress up in disguise and go from house to house singing the wren song which is
The wren the wren the king of all birds
St. Stephen's Day 'twas caught in the furze
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
Give us some money or we will bury the wren. Long ago they used really carry a live wren tied to a pole. Twas considered unlucky to bury the wren at anyone's doorstep, therefore to avoid the misfortune the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Charlie Heerey
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