School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

Location:: Cloyne, Co. Cork
Teacher:: E. Geeleher

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Festival Customs - Saint Stephen's Day (continued)

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it no harm,
Up with the kettle and down with the pot,
Give us our answer and let us be off.
On the eve of St. Stephen's Day a holly bush was decorated with ribbons and coloured papers. On top of the bush was a nest with a dead bird in it.

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Festival Customs - Saint Stephen's Day

On St. Stephen's day long ago, men and boys went with the wren bush. They prepared the night before, so that a batch of them would go out early in the morning. This wren bush was dressed with ribbons and papers of every colour, and a little wren was placed on top of it. Then one of them carried the bush on his shoulder and another carried the box for the money. As they went to

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