School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- (continued from previous page)Put your hand in your pocket
from that to your purse,
If you don't give us something
you will have the wren's curse
Here we come bumpety, bump
and on our shoulders we carry
a drum
Money we want and money
we crave if you don't give us
something we will make
the wren's grave
Then they get a penny in almost ever house and when they have all collected they divide the money between each other. Then they buy drink and other things with the money.
On St Brigid's day people make crosses of two pieces of sticks with rushes and straw(continues on next page)- Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Frank Sheridan
- Gender
- Male