School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inistíomáin (roll number 16359)
- Location:
- Ennistimon, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSiúr Teresita
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0621, Page 136
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Féilí na Bliadhna.
Some of the customs that are carried on in the district of Ennistymon are:-
On St Stephen's Day ,boys dress up in fancy clothes and go from house to house playing music and dancing.Sometimes they say this:-
"The wren ,the wren ,the king of all birds,
St.Stephen's Day was caught in the furze,
Up with the kettle and down with the pan,
Please give us a penny to bury the wren.
On Shrove Tuesday night it is a custom in Ennistymon to make pan cakes.On St John's Night there is a bon- fire lit in every street in the town of Ennistymon.All the people of each street gather around their bon -fire ,dance and sing.
- Collector
- Bridie Vaughan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ennistimon, Co. Clare
