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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

Location:
Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 03_013

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    holes in them for their eyes so that they can see through them
    Then they get a mouthorgan or a fiddle and who ever is able to play on the fiddle or mouthorgan plays on it Then they go around from house to house and who ever is able to play on the musical instrument plays on it and then the rest go dancing
    They say recitations and this is a rhyme they say. - The wren the wren the king or all birds St Stephens day he was caught in the furs up with the kettle and down with the pan and give us a penny or two to bury the wren
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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
    Martin Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway