School: Kilmagner, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 11337)
- Location:
- Kilmagner, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Scannail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0379, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)with young people to go from house to house St. Stephen's Day. They go, not because they want money but in order to keep up the old customs. Everyone of us has a holly bush decorated with different coloured papers and on the top the wren is supposed to be tied, this is the song they sing at every door.
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds.
St. Stephen's Day he was caught on the furze.
We hunted him up, we hunted down.
One of our wren boys knocked him down.
Here he's here as you may see.
Hanging on a holly tree.(continues on next page)
