School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- Glounthaune, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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- (continued from previous page)it jumped away it was a sign that she would go away from him.
On new years eve the old people used beat a loaf of bread off the door to keep the hunger away from them for the year.
On St. Stephens day the young boys go out with the wren. A holly bush is got and decorated with coloured paper with a wren hanging on it. The wren was caught the day before when a crowd of boys went out to capture him. The boys dress up in funny clothes and sometimes colour their faces. They go round to the houses in the neighborhood and sing the following song -
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, on St. Stephen's day he was caught on the furze, although he is little his family is great, so help us good lady to lay him in state. The money collected was divided between the wren-boys, and each had a good time(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal Grandon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Grandon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Cork
