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School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)

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Bantry, Co. Cork
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Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0281, Page 088

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    in the furze
    Although she is little her family is great
    Get up old woman and give us a treat
    Chorus
    We hunted the wren three miles and more
    We knocked her at a stable door
    We knocked her down she could not see
    How nice she looks on a holly tree.
    Chorus
    Shake, shake, shake of the box
    All sliver and no brass
    The wren (she)says (she)is the King
    The eagle says (she) is no such thing
    We will put them both between our knees
    And stuff them up with bread and cheese
    Chorus
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Tisdall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Tisdall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork