St Gregory’s Day was a school feast in the country schools of Forth and Bargy in County Wexford. The children brought money, bread, butter and cream for the teacher in the days before, then came in their best clothes to a decorated schoolroom, where a king and queen were chosen and tea was served. Dyer, quoting Notes and Queries, says the custom lasted into the early nineteenth century.
St Gregory’s Day in the Forth and Bargy schools
12 March · Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County Wexford
No longer kept
the children, for some days previous, brought contributions, according to the means and liberality of their parents, consisting of money, bread, butter, cream, &c., and delivered them to the teacher.
From Dyer's British Popular Customs, p. 125. Read the original
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