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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. The Wren Song

    CBÉS 0487

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    “In olden times it was a custom of the country to have a crowd of boys dressed up in fancy clothes, like the wren-boys of today, at their marriages.”

    CBÉS 0489

    Donncadh Ó Cuain, Seosamh Ó Cuain

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  3. The Wren

    CBÉS 0493

    Denis Sexton

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  4. The Wren

    CBÉS 0493

    Daniel Begley

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  5. Wren's Day

    CBÉS 0495

    Thomas Lane

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  6. The Wren Day

    CBÉS 0497

    John Barrett

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  7. The Wren Day

    CBÉS 0497

    Donal Linehan, Mrs Linehan

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  8. The Wren Boys

    CBÉS 0511

    Kathleen O Brien

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  9. Variations of the "Song of the Wren" in this District

    CBÉS 0512

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    “On St. Stephen's Day the school boys and girls of the district go from house to house "hunting the ran (wren)".”

    CBÉS 0514

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  11. The Wren's Day, 26th December 1937

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  12. The Wren's Day - 26th December 1937

    CBÉS 0520

    James Daly

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  13. The Wren's Day - 26th December 1937

    CBÉS 0520

    Paddy O' Neill

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  14. The Wren's Day, Sunday - 26th December 1937

    CBÉS 0520

    Michael Conroy

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  15. Wren Songs

    “The wren the wren the king of all birds,”

    CBÉS 0526

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  16. The Wren Song

    “Un ....... is a monthly man”

    CBÉS 0528

    Thomas Hartigan

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