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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
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Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 373

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    The song of St. Stephen's day is as follows: "The wren the wren the king of all birday St. Stephan's day was caught in the fits[?]so up with the kettle and down with the pan give me a penny to bury the wren" On that day the boys go around and gather a lot of money. Then they divide it in equal parts. Some of them drink the worth of it and others smoke the worth of it.
    On St. Brigid's day they make up a figure to resemble a doll. Then they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo