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School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)

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Gaile, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 046

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    Festival Customs
    Wren boys visit our home on Saint Stephen's Day every year. Different numbers of them come together. They dress in rags and sometimes polish their faces. They play music and sing songs and then they get money.
    The songs they sing is :-
    The wren, the wren
    The king of all birds
    Saint Stephen's Day
    She was caught in the furze
    So up with the kettle and
    Down with the pan
    So give us a penny
    To bury the wren.
    The wren the wren
    That you may see
    Hanging on a holly tree
    So up with the kettle and
    Down with the pan and
    Give us a penny
    To bury the wren.
    As I was going to Killanaule
    I saw a wren upon the wall
    So I up with my stick
    And I knocked her down and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Maher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary