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School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)

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Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 189

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    connection with this old custom and is it sung in every house. It is called the Wran Song and is as follows :-
    The Wran, the wran, the king of all birds.
    On St. Stephen's Day he was caught in the furze.
    Although he is small his family is great,
    So cheer up old lady and give treat (trate).
    We followed the wran three miles and more
    We followed him all around Tirmore.
    We knocked him down in a furze bush tree
    And brought him home in a holly tree
    The wren-boys travel through the countryside all through St. Stephen's Day and sometimes well into the night. Some groups of wren-boys divide the money collected between them
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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