School: Baile Uí Mhuireadhaigh (roll number 12964)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Mhuirígh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Ghealbháin
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In this district boys, and often grown-up men, dressed in quaint attire go round from house to house in groups on St Stephen's Day every year.
At the door of each house they recite verses about the wren. These boys are called "wren-boys." These are the words which they recite:- "The wren, the wren, the king of all birds
On St Stephen's Day he was caught in the furze,
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
At my hall-door they'll bury the wren.
On May Day 70 or 80 years ago people used to dress up a stick with May flowers and place it in a heap of manure. There used to be great dances on May Day about a century ago.
On St Patrick's Day people wear
