School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 212
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- The principal old custom, still surviving is going round with the wren.
The young people - both boys and girl - put on all kinds of disguise and false faces. They get musical instruments which some of them play. They, then go from door to door, playing music, dancing and in many cases singing the following amusing rhyme:-
"The wran, the wran, the
King of all birds,
On Stephen's day, he was
caught in the furze;
Although he is little, his
family is great,
Rise up, kind people and
give is a trate.So up with the kittle and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan Martin
- Gender
- Female
