School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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  1. On Saint Stephen's day a crowd of the village boys gather together at one house and dress up in old torn clothes and bring a fiddle with them. They have a little wren in a box decorated with coloured paper. The night before they go to a thatched house and catch the wren with a light. When she sees the light it blinds her. They go round from house to house and say:-
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Ansbro
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dooros, Co. Mayo