School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)birds.
"The wren, the wren
The king of all birds,
On St Stephen's Day
He was caught in the furze.
The big men do not collect money but they go around for sports dancing in every house but the small boys collect money and divide it and spend it on sweets.
Everybody makes a may bush and decorate it with flowers on May Day
Everybody calls Shrove Tuesday pancake night in our district. Everybody makes pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is the last day for getting married. On St Patrick's day all the people honour St Patrick by wearing the Shamrock which he picked from the Hill of Tara.
Everybody gets ashes on their forehead on Ash Wednesday to remind us that our soul are better than our bodies and that our body is only made out of dust. No one should go out swimming during whit - week as it is very dangerous.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeanette Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Ned Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
