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1. Mummers

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   December 26th is the day for Mummers. Small boys form into parties of from two to six and go from house to house. Sometimes they carry a dead wren which they carry suspended by a cord from a small branch. In this locality they only come to the door of the house where they stand for a moment in the hope of getting a copper or two. If, however, they are asked to sing, they commence the Wren Song (pronounced Ran Song), of which the following is a version:-

   
   The wren, the wren,
   The King of all birds,
   On St. Stephen's day,
   She was found in the furze
   Rise up little lady
   And give us a treat,
   A penny or twopence
   To bury the wren.

   
   If the coppers are not forthcoming then, they conclude:-

   
   Money we want
   Money we crave
   If you don't give us money
   We'll make the grave.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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