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School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)

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Boher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Margaret A. Malone
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 284

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    Christmas Day. A boiled goose was the usual dinner. Every other day they would only have potatoes and sour milk. In this parish the people do not go visiting their friends on Christmas Day. It is considered bad form. On Christmas night a big candle is lighted.
    St. Stephen's Day
    On St. Stephen's Day the Wren Boys go around from house to house. They are disguised with eye fiddles and old and curious clothes. They carry a holly bush and sing and dance outside the doors. They get money from the people of the house. The sing first
    "The wren, the wren, King of all Birds
    St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze
    Up with the kettle and down with the pan
    And give us the money to bury
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Bray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Mary O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Bray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary