School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)
- Location:
- Connagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 279
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- (continued from previous page)and decorate it with ribbons. They place a dead wren on the bush. They go from door to door singing the following verse.The wren the wren the king of all birds
On St Stephens Day he was caught in the furze
Although he was little his family was great
Get up a long laddy and finish your treat
And if you fill it on the small
It will not agree with the wren boys at all
And if you fill it on the best
I hope your soul in heaven will rest
Sing holly, sing ivy sing ivy sing holly.
It is all but a folly
We hunted him up we hunted him down
We hunted him three miles all over the town
We broke his bones with sticks and stones
And here is he here in our holly bush
With a bunch of ribbons by his side
And the Connagh boys to be his guide.
Shake shake shake of the box all silver and no brass
Up with the kettle down with the pot
Give us our answer and let us be going
The man of the house is a worthy man
Into his house I brought my wren
I brought the wren to visit him here to wish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Chuileanáin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Dromfeagh, Co. Cork
