School: Clochar na Toirbhirte
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr M. Gráinne
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- On St Stephen's Day a crowd of boys gather together, each of them carries a holly bush decorated with colored papers which they call the "wren bush." They go from door to door singing the following amhrán.
"The wren the wren the king of all birds, St Stephens Day he was caught in the furze
We hunted him up and we hunted him down.
And all the wren boys knocked him down
All silver no brass, give us our answer and let us pass.
Two pence or three pence to bury the wren
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
On the Eve of St Brigid's(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs G. O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford