Wren Boys are back in town and in flying form for #StStephensDay celebrations.
Dublin and Dingle mentioned in this, but many more around the country.
#ststephensday #wrenday #mastodaoine #wrenboys
Meant to post this yesterday for St. Stephen's Day - this wren was one of two foraging for food in the Burren on a frosty morning a couple of weeks ago
#StStephensDay #Xmas #wren #bird #naturephotography #Burren #BurrenNationalPark #Clare #Ireland
#ststephensday #xmas #wren #bird #naturephotography #Burren #burrennationalpark #Clare #ireland
"Befriending crows is a wonderful thing. "
Like, when you give a pal a light?
#birding #birdwatching #birds #urbanbirding #crows #corvids #crow #corvid #crowfriends
#mastodon #BoxingDay #Monday #StStephensDay
#birding #birdwatching #birds #urbanbirding #crows #corvids #crow #corvid #crowfriends #mastodon #boxingday #monday #ststephensday
For the day that is in it, The Bodhrán Makers is the best Irish book about Lá An Dreoilín from the legend himself John B. Keane.
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #StStephensDay #Listowel #Mastodaoine
#laandreoilin #wrenday #ststephensday #listowel #mastodaoine
As it's #StStephensDay, can I point everyone to this great version of #StStephensDayMurders by @Theagilmore
#ststephensdaymurders #ststephensday
May all your #StStephen's contain a #WilliamTellBridge.
#StStephensDay #GratefulDead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AtVtx6H738
#gratefuldead #ststephensday #williamtellbridge #StStephen
another alternative take on traditional Christmas music, perhaps my favourite version. It is linked in my mind with the film of the same name. I'll look up that reference.
https://youtu.be/ZC8NWfmcyJY
#ChristmasMusic #StStephensDay #BruceCockburn
#christmasmusic #ststephensday #brucecockburn
Husband sent me his drive-to-work music. I approve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8REBvT3UwTA
#StStephensDay #ChristmasMusic #Sting
#ststephensday #christmasmusic #sting
Happy #StStephensDay!
(#BoxingDay if you’re British 😏).
I wonder if anyone still goes door-to-door with the Wren? Decades ago, our house in Connemara had a visit by a pack of boisterous wren-boys.
I regret not being able to see what they had in their cage. Was it an effigy? A real bird? Was it dead? 🤔
The visit carried a hint of threat that has been lost in modern trick-or-treating and caroling. They got their “penny for the Wren”, that’s for sure.😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyA1zKBUhxM
Something for #BoxingDay
An anonymous #17thCentury #ballad #carol for #StStephensDay (26th December) describing some of the traditional foods and celebrations of the day.
From New Carolls for the Mery Time of Christmas, 1661
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Robin Jeffrey: #baroque #guitar
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZjvuiZLRqY&ab_channel=Passamezzo
#histodon #histodons #earlymusic #seventeenthcentury #SecondDayofChristmas #otd #onthisday
@earlymusic
@histodons
#boxingday #17thcentury #ballad #carol #ststephensday #soprano #baroque #guitar #viol #histodon #histodons #earlymusic #seventeenthcentury #seconddayofchristmas #otd #onthisday
In the category of "learn something new everyday" I give you Lá an Dreoilín, St Stephen's Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day
#ststephensday #2nddayofchristmas #ireland #wrenday