School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 369
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- (continued from previous page)sing.The wren the wren
The king of all birds
St Stephen's day day he was caught in the furze
Up with the kettle
And down with the pan
Give me some money to bury the wren.On ash Wednesday ash bags would be tied on the people.
On the first of April April fools do be made of the people such as telling them that another man wanted them and when they would go to the man he would shout at them "April Fool."
On May day we make a May bush we get a branch of a bush and decorate it with all colours of ribbons and wild flowers.
On St Bridget's night crosses are made of rushes and straw and hung up on the roof. Twelve candles are lighted in honour of the twelve apostles and all in the house kneels down and the head of the house gives out the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Tom Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 41
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Meath
