Keywords: wren wren king of all birds wrenkingofallbirds hunt the wren huntthewren drean shelg y drean shelgydrean king of all birds kingofallbirds troglodytidae troglodytes taxidermy taxidermied taxidermied bird taxidermiedbird taxidermied animal taxidermiedanimal taxidermied wren taxidermiedwren manx tradition manxtradition manx culture manxculture isle of man isleofman manx isle of man tradition isleofmantradition isle of man culture isleofmanculture manx dancing manxdancing manx dance manxdance celtic culture celticculture celtic tradition celtictradition gaelic culture gaelicculture gaelic tradition gaelictradition bird stuffed bird stuffedbird bock yuan fannee bockyuanfannee bock yuan animal outdoor A wren used in the Hunt the Wren dance on Isle of Man on the 26th of December. The tradition continues on the Isle of Man of people dancing and singing around a wren pole on St. Stephen's Day. Various stories explain the significance of the wren, "the king of all birds," including ones touching on witches and warfare. However, the tradition of actually hunting killing a wren to tie up on the pole is no longer continued! This wren was found dead and donated to the Manx Museum. It was then kindly donated by the Museum to the traditional Manx dance group, Bock Yuan Fannee. This wren has been diligently kept safe and brought out each year for the past twenty years, keeping an ancient Manx tradition alive. The traditional song from the Isle of Man can be heard here: soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/hunt-the-wren-staa The music for the song is freely available from ManxMusic.com here: manxmusic.com/learn_page_457493.html This image is uploaded by Culture Vannin, which exists to support, promote and develop Manx culture: www.culturevannin.im/ A wren used in the Hunt the Wren dance on Isle of Man on the 26th of December. The tradition continues on the Isle of Man of people dancing and singing around a wren pole on St. Stephen's Day. Various stories explain the significance of the wren, "the king of all birds," including ones touching on witches and warfare. However, the tradition of actually hunting killing a wren to tie up on the pole is no longer continued! This wren was found dead and donated to the Manx Museum. It was then kindly donated by the Museum to the traditional Manx dance group, Bock Yuan Fannee. This wren has been diligently kept safe and brought out each year for the past twenty years, keeping an ancient Manx tradition alive. The traditional song from the Isle of Man can be heard here: soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/hunt-the-wren-staa The music for the song is freely available from ManxMusic.com here: manxmusic.com/learn_page_457493.html This image is uploaded by Culture Vannin, which exists to support, promote and develop Manx culture: www.culturevannin.im/ A wren used in the Hunt the Wren dance on Isle of Man on the 26th of December.
The tradition continues on the Isle of Man of people dancing and singing around a wren pole on St. Stephen's Day.
Various stories explain the significance of the wren, "the king of all birds," including ones touching on witches and warfare.
However, the tradition of actually hunting killing a wren to tie up on the pole is no longer continued!
This wren was found dead and donated to the Manx Museum. It was then kindly donated by the Museum to the traditional Manx dance group, Bock Yuan Fannee.
This wren has been diligently kept safe and brought out each year for the past twenty years, keeping an ancient Manx tradition alive.
The traditional song from the Isle of Man can be heard here:
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/hunt-the-wren-staa" rel="nofollow">soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/hunt-the-wren-staa</a>
The music for the song is freely available from ManxMusic.com here: <a href="http://manxmusic.com/learn_page_457493.html" rel="nofollow">manxmusic.com/learn_page_457493.html</a>
This image is uploaded by Culture Vannin, which exists to support, promote and develop Manx culture:
<a href="http://www.culturevannin.im/" rel="nofollow">www.culturevannin.im/</a> wren wrenkingofallbirds huntthewren drean shelgydrean kingofallbirds troglodytidae troglodytes taxidermy taxidermied taxidermiedbird taxidermiedanimal taxidermiedwren manxtradition manxculture isleofman manx isleofmantradition isleofmanculture manxdancing manxdance celticculture celtictradition gaelicculture gaelictradition bird stuffedbird bockyuanfannee bock yuan Wren used for Hunt the Wren.jpg en A taxidermied wren used for the traditional Manx dance Hunt the Wren by Bock Yuan Fannee on the Isle of Man 2016-12-12 own Manx James other versions cc-zero Culture of the Isle of Man Celtic culture Gaelic culture Taxidermied birds British birds and their eggs Manx |