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School: An Chluain

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Cloan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 455

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 455

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    These are the customs observed in this parish on St. Stephen's Day. The boys dress up in old clothes and they put masks on their faces. Then they get a holly bush and some ivy and a bunch of ribbons. They get a wren if they can, and if they cannot, they get a hen's head. They tie the holly and ivy to a long pole and then they tie the ribbons and the wren or the hen's head to the holly. They go around the countryside singing this song.
    "The wren, the wren the king of all birds
    'Tis Stephens Day he was caught in the furze
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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