School: Cadamstown, Kinnitty
- Location:
- Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: B. Ní Chuignigh
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- In most districts many feasts are observed in a special manner as they occur. When St Stephen's Day occurs some of the boys of this district dress up in coloured clothes and go around house to house singing and dancing. The people of the house usually give them a shilling or a sixpence Sometimes the small boys get a wren and put her in a box. They put the box on a branch of holly and carry it about They usually have a song they singThe Wren the Wren the King of all birds
On St Stephens Day she was caught in the firs
Although she was small her family was great
rise up landlady and give us a treat
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
Give us some money to bury the wrenThere are many other feasts throughout the year, as Christmas Day, Easter, Whit, Halloween, Michaelmas and May-Day. On May-Day the children gather a lot of flowers and put them on a branch of Mountain Ash On the morning of May-Day they put the branch standing by the side of the road so that the people passing by might see it. On Michaelmas(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Donnelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Brian Donnelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
