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School: Ceathrú Stialláin (Carrowsteelawn) (roll number 12555)

Location:
Carrowsteelaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Giollagáin
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    that it was Santa Claus that came. St Stephens Day On St Stephens Day the boys dress themselves up with false faces and old top coats and straw tied around their knees and old hats and they are called wren boys and they travel around about from house to house collecting money and sometimes they have fiddles and mouth organs and they do be dancing and jumping. This is the rhyme they have The wren, The wren. The king of all bird St Stephens Day He was caught in the wood Up with the kettle and down with the pan and give me a penny to bury the wren.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sessiagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Clogher More, Co. Mayo