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School: Druimín (roll number 9438)

Location:
Drummeen, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
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    St Stephen's day falls on the 26th of December. Some boys dress themselves up in old torn clothes and nine or ten join together and they go from house to house dancing playing music and gathering money and when the day is over the divide the money between them and sometimes they put all the money together and buy a football.
    The song they sing is
    Up with the kettle and down with the pan
    Give us money to bury the wren
    The custom of lighting 12 candles is referred to by Eddie Moran Drimmeen Cloone.
    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
    Séamus Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortinure, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Eddie Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drummeen, Co. Leitrim