School: Ceis (roll number 15342)

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1. Festival Customs

   

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   In this district many feasts such as St. Stephen's Day, May Day, St. Martin's , Hallowe'en, Twelvth Day, are observed in a certain manner.
   On St. Stephen's Day boys gather together and go in procession from house to house with decorated bushes singing the Wren-Song. These are the words:-
   "The Wren, the Wren the king of all birds,
   On St. Stephen's day she was caught in the furze.
   People give them from three to six pence. After the day they divide the money equally among them.
   On May Day the custom of throwing flowers on the threshold is still observed. Some people refrain from lending or borrowing anything on that day.
   On St. Martin's Day blood is sprinkled on the doors. On the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Marie Burns

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocklough, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Burns

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocklough, Co. Sligo