School: Clochar

Location:
Clogher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ó Gealbháin
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    gets six-pence. So many either singly or in batches ask you to honour the wren: that you wont find it convenient to give more- and to refuse anyone- Well you cant do that either.
    The wren is "hunted" on Christmas day-i.e. they try to catch him for St Stephen day. It is not often they succeed. The thatch of the house is searched in the evening-
    Wrens often sleep under the thatch i.e. a hole by the eve- run of the thatch or where the eve-run would be.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.