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Wren Day
Wren Day, also known as Wren's Day, Day of the Wren or Hunt the Wren Day ((アイルランド語:Lá an Dreoilín)), is celebrated on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day. The tradition consists of "hunting" a fake wren, and putting it on top of a decorated pole. Then the crowds of ''mummers'' or ''strawboys'' celebrate the wren (also pronounced as the ''wran'') by dressing up in masks, straw suits and colourful motley clothing and, accompanied by traditional céilí music bands, parade through the towns and villages. These crowds are sometimes called wrenboys.
==History==
In past times, and into the 20th century, an actual bird was hunted by wrenboys on St. Stephen's Day. The captured wren was tied to the wrenboy leader's staff pole. The captured wren would be kept alive as the popular mummers' parade song states "A penny or tuppence would do it no harm". The song, of which there are many variations, asked for donations from the townspeople. Often, the boys gave a feather from the bird to patrons for good luck. The money was used to host a dance for the town, held that night. The pole, decorated with ribbons, wreaths and flowers, as well as the wren, was the centre of the dance. Over time, the live bird was replaced with a fake one that is hidden, rather than chased. The band of young boys has expanded to include girls, and adults often join in. The money that is collected from the townspeople is usually donated to a school or charity. A celebration is still held around the decorated pole.
Similar traditions of hunting the wren have been performed on the Isle of Man on Boxing Day and in Pembrokeshire, Wales on Twelfth Day (6 January)〔''Something for everybody (and a garland for the year)'' by John Timbs, 1861. pp. 152-155〕 and, on the first Sunday of December in parts of Southern France, including Carcassonne. 〔''The Golden Bough'' by James George Frazer, NuVision Publications, LLC, 2006, ISBN 1-59547-959-7, ISBN 978-1-59547-959-4. pp.294-295〕 The custom has been revived in Suffolk, by Pete Jennings and the Old Glory Molly Dancers and has been performed in the village of Middleton, every Boxing Day evening since 1994.〔 "old Glory & The Cutty Wren" by Pete Jennings. 〕
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