School: Drumkeelanmore (roll number 12525)
- Location:
- Drumkeelan More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mary Mc Rann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 342
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- St Stephen's Day.St Stephens day comes on the day following Christmas day. It is usually called wren boy's day, as it is a customary thing for boys to hunt the wren, kill her, and hang her on a stick. Then they dress in disguise, one dressed like a captain and a sword in his hand, another is dressed like a girl and a fool's cap on him and he is called a fool, there is another boy who has a stick which the wren is hanging on, and there is a boy who carries the money-box, and there are a few boys chosen to play the music and another few to dance.
Then they go from house to house and at each door they play a tune and dance a step and the people of the house give them money, and if they do not get money they burry the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosaleen Woods
- Gender
- Female
