School: Baile an Churraig, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 11389)
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máighréad Ní Shúilleabháin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - St Stephen's Day falls on the 26th. December. Boys and sometimes young men go from house to house with decorated holly bushes. They mask themselves so as to be unrecognisable. They sing this song"The Wren, the wren, the king of all birds,
St. Stephen's day she was caught in the furze,
Although she had been little, her honour was great,
Then up with the kettle and down with pan,
A shilling or two to bury the wren."They often get either three pence or sixpence. People in the houses often give them sweet-cake. One boy has to be the cashier. It is he who divides the money.St. Martins Day falls on the 11th Nov. It is said that on that day a threshing engine cant thresh oats because St. Martin was ground in a(continues on next page)
