School: Baile an Churraig, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 11389)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   A cat in gloves catches no mice
   The early bird catches the worm.
   All is not gold that glitters.
   Still water runs deep.
   Water is a good drink tane in spirit

   

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2. Festival Customs

   

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   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

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary O' Shea

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballincurry, Co. Tipperary