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BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 18

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Summary: Hunting the Wren

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On Boxing Day young men hunted the wren in the south and west of Ireland. Once caught and killed, the ‘wrenboys’, often wearing masks, paraded the bird around the village in a holly bush.

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