• Thumbnail for Wren Day
    Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), or Hunt the Wren Day (Manx: Shelg yn Dreean), is an Irish and Manx custom on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day. Traditionally...
    19 KB (2,276 words) - 02:54, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wren
    genera. Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where, in Anglophone regions, it is commonly known simply as the "wren", as it is the originator...
    25 KB (2,691 words) - 00:54, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Saint Stephen's Day
    called Lá Fhéile Stiofáin (Saint Stephen's Day) or Lá an Dreoilín (Wren Day). When used in this context, "wren" is often pronounced "ran". The name Lá an...
    15 KB (1,537 words) - 09:16, 24 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eurasian wren
    The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) or northern wren is a very small insectivorous bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae...
    29 KB (3,341 words) - 18:59, 28 April 2024
  • "The Cutty Wren" and its variants such as "The Hunting of the Wren" are traditional English folk songs. The origins and meaning of the song are disputed...
    12 KB (1,472 words) - 16:41, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fetch (folklore)
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    10 KB (1,262 words) - 07:05, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hunt the Wren
    Hunt the Wren is a traditional custom carried out on the Isle of Man on the 26 December, St. Stephen's Day. It consists of groups of people going around...
    22 KB (2,779 words) - 21:32, 4 March 2024
  • the Wren may refer to: Cutty Wren (or its variants like The Hunting of the Wren) a traditional English folk song; Wren Day, also known as Wren's Day, Hunt...
    371 bytes (87 words) - 03:48, 9 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Christopher Wren
    Sir Christopher Wren FRS (/rɛn/; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician...
    64 KB (7,281 words) - 13:03, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banshee
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    15 KB (1,755 words) - 10:27, 8 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for December
    Stephen's Day Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man) December 27 Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas) Mummer's Day (Padstow...
    20 KB (2,025 words) - 21:02, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abhartach
    Fionn Mac Cumhail. He was buried in a standing posture, but the very next day he appeared in his old haunts, more cruel and vigorous than ever. And the...
    7 KB (882 words) - 11:33, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ancient Celtic religion
    "Wedding Day Traditions". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 8 March 2021. "Wren Day: An Ancient Irish Christmas Tradition That Survives to This Day". Old...
    64 KB (7,857 words) - 18:46, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Druid
    could refer to the wren, possibly connected with an association of that bird with augury in Irish and Welsh tradition (see also Wren Day). Sources by ancient...
    67 KB (8,213 words) - 03:55, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dobhar-chú
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    6 KB (669 words) - 13:14, 8 February 2024
  • portrayed the character of Heather in Netflix's Day Shift. In 2023, she portrayed the Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren in the Disney+ series Ahsoka. Natasha Liu...
    14 KB (964 words) - 13:21, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Superb fairywren
    superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae, and is common and familiar across south-eastern Australia...
    37 KB (4,333 words) - 00:28, 3 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Púca
    Wilde, who relates the following tale. A farmer's son named Padraig one day noticed the invisible presence of the púca brushing by, and called out to...
    24 KB (3,254 words) - 00:48, 1 May 2024
  • or leather. Cammag season started on 26 December (St. Stephen's Day/ Hunt the Wren Day) and was only played by men (of all ages) during the winter. In...
    13 KB (1,138 words) - 21:31, 4 March 2024
  • wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Wren Sinclair on the NXT brand. She was previously known under the ring name Madi...
    7 KB (594 words) - 09:47, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Northern Ireland
    especially during the County Armagh disturbances, where the Protestant Peep o' Day Boys fought the Catholic Defenders. This led to the founding of the Protestant...
    201 KB (19,558 words) - 22:18, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dullahan
    Dullahan allegedly uses a human spine as a whip according to a number of modern-day (21st century) commentators. The headless coachman merely bears a "long whip"...
    26 KB (2,558 words) - 02:41, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Ireland
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    23 KB (2,248 words) - 20:59, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aos Sí
    berries—to the aos sí has survived through the Christian era into the present day in parts of Ireland, Scotland and the diaspora. Those who maintain some degree...
    34 KB (3,827 words) - 01:49, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twelve Days of Christmas
    secular holiday of Boxing Day. In some parts of Ireland it is denominated "Wren Day". New Year's Eve (31 December) is the feast of Pope St. Sylvester I and...
    31 KB (3,901 words) - 04:27, 29 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Far darrig
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    2 KB (206 words) - 15:51, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leanan sídhe
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    5 KB (487 words) - 15:12, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cactus wren
    The cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) is a species of wren that is endemic to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern and...
    52 KB (5,814 words) - 17:04, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abarta
    beef Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day Bealtaine The Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of Tralee Samhain Wren Day Religion Art Literature Comics Music...
    2 KB (250 words) - 10:26, 14 April 2022
  • as Mrs Mortimer Ben Chaplin as Charlie Rupert Vansittart as Sir Geoffrey Wren Patrick Godfrey as Spencer Peter Halliday as Canon Tufnell Peter Cellier...
    33 KB (2,865 words) - 07:54, 11 April 2024