School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 164
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The Wren Song - Ballydehob (continued)
“Come all you ladies and gentlemen, for tis here we came with our famous wran”
(continued from previous page)cellars full of beer,
We now wish a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.And now, our song is ended,
We have no more to day,
We hope your not offended for coming here to day,
For coming here this morning we think it is not wrong,
So give us our answer and let us be gone.Obtained from John Levis, 32 yrs,
Ballydehob, who took it down from Jerh. Driscoll, Ballydehob, 64 yrs. Jerh. Driscoll was a wren boy 40 yrs. ago. NOTE
Where source of information is given as father or mother, the address in all cases is the same as that of son or daughter.
J. Barry
- Collector
- J. Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Laois
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork