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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 369

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    On St. Stephen's Day the boy's gather up and they go into every house and say "The wren the wren the king of all birds. St. Stephen's Day was got in the furze up with the kettle and down with the pan give us a penny to bury the wren" and they would get a penny in every house.
    When the boy's would come home they would give half and half to each other and they would buy cigarettes for the money.
    On St. Brigids Day the people make little crosses with different colours and hang them up in the wall
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Margaret Patten
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo