Hunting the wren on stephens' day

chucken1 · 25-12-2011 12:17am

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The wren boys calling at the door on Stephens day is a yearly occurrence here in the part of north Tipp where I live, We never answer though.:D

Interesting how many people from North Tipp here

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Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 25-12-2011 12:19am

boomkatalog wrote: »

People I knew from school who did it door-to-door didn't give the money to charity anyway, and that's my only experience of it. It'd be a nice tradition if it was organised properly for a particular charity but around my way it's not unfortunately.

Of course they don't do it for charity. If you'd asked me to give away my wren boying money, I'd have told you where to go. Its like asking a kid to give away their halloween sweets.

chucken1 · 25-12-2011 12:19am

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Very common in Mayo and Roscommon, referred to as Wren-Boying. I have awful trouble explaining it to people from other parts of the country.

Oh and we didn't have any of this fancy trick or treating when I was growing up. Damn American tradition.

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