School: Cromadh (C.) (roll number 9307)

Location:
Croom, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Mhic Eoin
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    he had done so by a trick, yet he had gone the highest of them all and therefore was their King.
    The wren song is different in each district, because it introduces local names.
    This is the rhyme here.
    The "wran", the "wran" the King of all birds,
    St. Stephen's day was caught in the furze.
    Although he was little, his family was great,
    Cheer up my fine lady and give us the Treat.
    We followed this "wran" three miles or more.
    Around by Croom or Islandmore.
    We broke his back and bent his knee.
    And brought him home on a holly tree.
    Holly and ivy well set up.
    The man of the house is a very good luck.
    With his red-tan he tips it up.
    With his sweet lips he drinks it up.
    A box of money and a pint of beer.
    I wish you all a Happy New Year.
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    There is another little animal to which the old people had a great dislike - the dardaol.

    There is another little animal to which the old people had a great dislike - the dardaol. It is a little creeping creature very like a tiny lizard and wherever you saw one you were supposed to heap stones on it until you killed it. The reason given
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