Scoil: Connach, Inis Céin (uimhir rolla 10557)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Local Customs at Christmas (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   and decorate it with ribbons. They place a dead wren on the bush. They go from door to door singing the following verse.

   The wren the wren the king of all birds
   On St Stephens Day he was caught in the furze
   Although he was little his family was great
   Get up a long laddy and finish your treat
   And if you fill it on the small
   It will not agree with the wren boys at all
   And if you fill it on the best
   I hope your soul in heaven will rest
   Sing holly, sing ivy sing ivy sing holly.
   It is all but a folly
   We hunted him up we hunted him down
   We hunted him three miles all over the town
   We broke his bones with sticks and stones
   And here is he here in our holly bush
   With a bunch of ribbons by his side
   And the Connagh boys to be his guide.
   Shake shake shake of the box all silver and no brass
   Up with the kettle down with the pot
   Give us our answer and let us be going
   The man of the house is a worthy man
   Into his house I brought my wren
   I brought the wren to visit him here to wish

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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