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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0400

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  2. Festival Customs

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    On St. Stephen's day, it is a usual custom for the boys to go around from house to house gathering money to help to bury the wren. They carry the wren with them in a little box decorated with ivy and holly.
    Those boys would be
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