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School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

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Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 170

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  1. Festival Customs

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    Festival customs
    On St Stephens day boys or men gather and dress themselves up in old clothes and go from house to house singing. The song of the wren.
    Here is the song,
    The wren, the wren, the king of the birds
    On St Stephen's day she was caught in the furze
    although she is small her family is great
    So cheer up ladies and give us a treat.
    The money gathered is divided up among them so each of them gets his share.
    There are more feast days. St Brigid's day, St Patrick's day, Shrove Tuesday
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Bernard Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    James Mc Grane
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin