Comments on: 23rd December, Wren Boys https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: @rupertbu https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/#comment-33675 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:26:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=50338#comment-33675 Thank you for this superb series!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/100146646232137568790/posts/RQB72TWRdSQ

]]> By: Teresa Stokes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/#comment-33664 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:21:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=50338#comment-33664 @T Eakin, that’s a wonderful clip, reminiscent of the parade in “the Wicker Man!”

]]> By: Paul Bommer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/#comment-33661 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:51:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=50338#comment-33661 Thank you both so much. Merry Christmas!

]]> By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/#comment-33657 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:25:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=50338#comment-33657 The book I mentioned the other day ‘The Dark is Rising’ makes a detailed reference to the Hunting of the Wren. The Mari Lwyd also makes an appearance in one of the other books in this sequence ‘Silver on the Tree’.

I am enjoying your lively illustrations so much.

]]> By: T Eakin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/23/23rd-december-wren-boys/#comment-33644 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:21:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=50338#comment-33644 Wren boys are still roaming the countryside here in Northern Ireland. A relic of the true spirit of Christmas.

See this magical clip of the brilliant Armagh Rhymers…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8837jEbbTQE&feature=related

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