School: Ballymakenny, Drogheda (roll number 831)
- Location:
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chearbhaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 174
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- Wren-boys song:-The wran, the wran the King of all birds
St. Stephens Day he was caught in the furze
Up with the kettle & down with the pan
Give us some money to bury the wran
"A piper had a cow and he had no grass to give her o
So he played her up a tune and he told her to consider o
Last year was a bad year
And this year was another o
But if you live another year
I'll buy you a cock of fudder o"
This is an old-time riddle. The answer is a shipOn a level I did travel
On an oak leaf I did stand
I rode a mare that never was foaled
I held the bridle in my hand.(continues on next page)
