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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 489

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    Put your hand in your pocket
    from that to your purse,
    If you don't give us something
    you will have the wren's curse
    Here we come bumpety, bump
    and on our shoulders we carry
    a drum
    Money we want and money
    we crave if you don't give us
    something we will make
    the wren's grave
    Then they get a penny in almost ever house and when they have all collected they divide the money between each other. Then they buy drink and other things with the money.
    On St Brigid's day people make crosses of two pieces of sticks with rushes and straw
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Madge Hanratty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Sheridan
    Gender
    Male