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School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

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Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 530

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    On Saint Stephen's Day a number of boys and sometimes men gather together and go out to bury the wren.
    They dress themselves with old clothes and generally wear false faces.
    When they go to the door they will dance and sing the following song -
    The wren, the wren, the king of all birds,
    On Saint Stephen's Day was caught in the furze
    Although she is little, her family is great,
    Rise up landladies and give us a treat,
    Or if you will not I will bury her at your gate.
    This old custom of burying the wren comes down to us from the very earliest times
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Conefrey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Joe Conefrey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Longford