School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Baile Adaim, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)I broke her back and smashed her Bill
And I buried her at Joe Byrne's hill
Glory! Glory! where's your nest
Up in the bushed where I love best
Between an ash and an ivy tree
Where many a man came to look for me
I dipped her head in a barrel of bear
And I wish you all a happy new year
- On St Stephen's Night the "Wren Boys" go round to the houses. The night "Wren Boys" are grown up young men. They dress themselves in old clothes some as men and some as women.(continues on next page)
