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School: Meanus, Brúgh na nDéise (roll number 11840)

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Meanus, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs Harnett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0516, Page 538

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  1. Local Customs and Beliefs

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    Local Customs and Beliefs
    On the eve of St. Brigid’s feast a scarf is put out on the hedge so that the dew may fall on it. It is kept safely during the year and is supposed to cure a sore throat.
    On St. Stephen’s day groups of boys go “hunting the wran”. They get a holly bush and decorate it with coloured ribbons. They go from house to house singing
    The wran, the wran the king of all birds
    St. Stephen’s day she was caught in the furze
    Altho she was little her family was great
    Rise up young lady and give us our trate,
    We followed the wran three miles or more
    thro hedges and ditches and frost and snow
    We knocked her down, she could not see
    We brought her home on a holly tree,
    Holly and ivy well set up
    on every house for very good luck.
    A bottle of whiskey and a pint of beer,
    I wish ye all a happy new year
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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