School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)
- Location:
- Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 272
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- St Martin's Day. St Martin's Day is celebrated on the 11th of November. On that Day every person killed something usually a kid or some fowl and let its blood drop on the four corners of the house and behind the front door and on the door.
- Collector
- Tom Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbeytown, Co. Mayo
- St. Stephen's Day.
The following verses are recited by the Wren Boys in this part of the country on St. Stephen's Day.
The wren, the wren, the king of all Birds.
On St. Stephens Day he was caught in the furse
So up with the kettle and down with the pan
And give us some money to bury the wren.(continues on next page)
