School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 029
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- On Stephen's Day the "Wren Boys" go round. They are boys dressed up with masks and carrying a holly bush with some rags to represent the wren. They go from door to door collecting money.
- Everybody wears shamrock in memory of St. Patrick.
- Being the last day before lent this is a great day for parties. People eat pancakes in which they have put a ring, a sixpenny bit and a button.
- On May day the people dress up a bush and light candles and call it a May bush. When the candles are burnt out the bush is set afire - it is usually a gorse bush.
- Collector
- James King
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crone More, Co. Wicklow
