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School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

Location:
Cluain, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
E. Geeleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 172

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  1. Festival Customs - Saint Stephen's Day (continued)

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    it no harm,
    Up with the kettle and down with the pot,
    Give us our answer and let us be off.
    On the eve of St. Stephen's Day a holly bush was decorated with ribbons and coloured papers. On top of the bush was a nest with a dead bird in it.
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  2. Festival Customs - Saint Stephen's Day

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    On St. Stephen's day long ago, men and boys went with the wren bush. They prepared the night before, so that a batch of them would go out early in the morning. This wren bush was dressed with ribbons and papers of every colour, and a little wren was placed on top of it. Then one of them carried the bush on his shoulder and another carried the box for the money. As they went to
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Féile Stiofáin (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mary Condon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain, Co. Chorcaí