Mummering
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Mummering is a Christmas-time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ireland, Philadelphia, and parts of the United Kingdom.
2013 St John's Mummers Parade
Wren Day
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Wren Day, or Hunt the Wren Day, or Hunt the Wren, is an Irish and Manx custom on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day. Traditionally, men and boys hunted a wren, which was revered as the 'king of the bird
Mummering
…not guessed they did not have to unmask. The Mummers Festival takes place throughout December and includes workshops on how to make hobby horses and wren sticks. On June 25, 1861, an "Act to make further provisions for the prevention of Nuisances" was introduced in response to the death of Isaac Mercer in Bay…
A taxidermy wren used for Hunt the Wren Day in Douglas, Isle of Man
Wrenboys on Saint Stephen's Day in Dingle, Ireland.
Hunt the Wren on the sand at Port St Mary, 2016
Wrenboys in Ramsey, Isle of Man, 1904