- Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), or Hunt the Wren Day (Manx:
Shelg yn Dreean), is an
Irish and Manx
custom on 26 December,
Saint Stephen's Day (known...
- 'Wrenboys', some of whom were
decked in greenery.
Singing "Hunt the Wren" (
Shelg yn Dreean) and
beating drums, they went from
house to
house asking for coins...
- Hunt the Wren (Manx:
Shelg yn Dreean) is a
traditional custom carried out on the Isle of Man on 26 December,
Saint Stephen's Day. Traditionally, men and...
- Later, he
travelled to
Bumthang district to
subdue a
powerful deity,
Shelging Karpo who was
offended by a
local king,
Sindhu Raja of the
Kingdom of Bumthang...
-
destroy all
structures belonging to the
local deities,
angered by this
Shelging Karpo the
local deity stole the sog (life force) of Sindhuraja, and thus...
-
Rinpoche visited and
meditated to
acquire the
spiritual power to
subdue Shelging Karpo.
Choedrak Monastery, a
monastery built against the
sacred cliff of...
- Chruinnaght.
Carswell has had a
number of
poetry books published,
including Shelg yn
Drane (1994) and
Arraneyn 'sy
Ghaelg (1996).
Carswell is an authority...
- Trog seose, my chree, nagh mie
dhyts nish, Dty
aigney slane hyndaa,
Voish shelg lurg nhee
aghyn faase y
theihll Nagh vel agh myr
veeagh kay. Ayns geiyrtys...
