- "wren bearers". In some cases, "
wrenboys"
caught a live wren and
placed it in the Wren House, and then the
wrenboys called on
people to make offerings...
- and ribbons. This was
paraded around the
neighbourhood by a
group of '
Wrenboys'—typically
dressed in
straw masks and costumes—who sang
songs and pla****...
- (also by
local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers,
wrenboys, and galoshins). Historically, mummers'
plays consisted of
informal groups...
- who wore
conical straw hats,
masks and pla**** folk music; much like the
wrenboys. Up
until the mid-20th century,
children in
Ireland still went house-to-house...
- (26 December) has been
commemorated by
Hunting the Wren,
wherein young wrenboys would catch the bird and then
ritually parade it
around town, as described...
- "Hunting the Wren" and on Time with the song "The
Cutty Wren". The
custom of
Wrenboys is
mostly ****ociated with Ireland, but it has been
recently revived in...
- music. Some
musicologists suggest its use was
originally confined to the
wrenboys on St. Stephen's Day and
other quasi-ritual processions. It was introduced/po****rised...
- wren. The Chieftains'
stage performances have
included dancers dressed as
Wrenboys in
straw clothes. This has been
captured on the
album The
Bells of Dublin...
-
allow just the rider's head to show. The
teams of
Irish mummers known as
Wrenboys who
perform on
Saint Stephen's Day (26 December) in pubs and
private houses...
- traditions. On 26
December (St. Stephen's Day),
there is a
custom of "
Wrenboys" who call door to door with an
arrangement of ****orted
material (which...
