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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 356

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  1. Saint Stephen's Day

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    Saint Stephen's Day falls in the twenty sixth of December.
    On that day all the young boys put on old clothes and falsefaces and go about gathering money.
    Long ago they used to catch a wren the night before Saint Stephen's Day and put old clothes on themselves and tie straw ropes around their feet and knees and be asking money to bury the wren. This is the way they asked it:-
    The wren the wren, the king of all birds
    Saint Stephen's Day was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Delia Finn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brickeens, Co. Mayo