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On St. Stephens Day a number of boys go around from door to door and sing songs, and one principal rhyme heard in this district is:-
The wran the wran the king of all birds. St. Stephen's Day he was caught in a forge. Up with the kettle, and down with the pan. Give me some money to bury the wran.On St Brigid's Eve. everyone makes a cross of rushes, and on St John's Day and on the eve of the feast of St.
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