School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- There are many festivals through-out the year. There are many customs kept on these festivals, but there used be more long ago.
St. Stephen's Day:
On St Stephen's Day the boys dress up and hunt the wren. When they catch the wren they go around from house to house gathering money. They say this rhyme:
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds,
St. Stephen's Day he was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peigí C. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tamhnaigh Shlinneáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
