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1. An Ancient Custom on St Stephen's Day

   

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   The "Wren boys" go about in processions on St Stephen's day from house to house.
   They dress up in order to disguise themselves. They wear false faces, old torn clothes, etc. They play mouth organs, and sing songs about the wren. They go about from house to house looking for money, and some of them collect a small sum. They divide the money between them.
   The wren boys go about the country trying to catch the wren. When they succeed they put it in a box and bring it round from house to house. They ask the people to give them a penny to bury the "Wren" in these words.
   "The Wren, the Wren, the King of all birds,
   St Stephen's day she was caught in the fords.
   Although she's small her family's great,
   So rise up Landlady, and give us a treat,
   Its money we want, and its money we crave,
   So if you don't give us that,
   We'll bury the wren."

   At the end of the evening they kill the wren, and bury it.

   

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