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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

Location:
Killadoon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 06_006

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    in case anyone would know them.
    Some of them bring a flute or piccolo and when they go into the houses, they play these instruments and any of the other boys that are able to dance, do so. St. Stephen's night falls on the (twentieth) twenty-fifth of December, but some wren boys do not go out until the twenty-sixth.
    They also have a rhyme, which they say when they go
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rita Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James O Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Cloonty, Co. Mayo