manx celtic music and dance

Where, oh where? Hunt the Wren

24 Nov 2016


Join revellers around the Island to celebrate the old tradition of Hunt the Wren through song and dance - no wee birds harmed these days, thankfully!

RAMSEY - meet outside St Paul's Church at 10.30am. Newcomers welcome to learn the song and dance. 

ST JOHNS - meet at 10.30am in the Arboretum car park. Musicians, singers and dancers welcome!

PORT ST MARY - meet at 10am in the Scoill Phurt le Moirrey car park. We will teach you the dance if you have never done it before or if your brain has blanked it out! Around the village ending at the Albert for tunes. All ages welcome. Bring a home made Wren pole! 

KIRK MICHAEL - meet at 11am the Mitre, then onto The Raven in BALLAUGH 11.20am and SULBY Glen Pub at 11.40am.

DOUGLAS - meet outside the Woodbourne Pub at 10.15am for 10.30am start. Musicians needed!

Singing and dancing and hunting the wren must be over by 12 noon to avoid bad luck!

Then everyone down to ST JOHNS for the annual Cammag match between the North and South teams! 

Cammag takes place between 2 and 3 pm on the Fair Field, St. Johns with Manx music and the game relived in The Tynwald Inn afterwards!

LEARN a simple version of the song

WATCH a film about the tradition

 

Photo credit: IOM Newspapers Dec 2015

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