![]() ![]() My intention had been to finally take part this year, but it seems unlikely that the usual events will go ahead. Add to Favorites Rustic Vintage Witches’ Broom Decor // Hanging Contorted Willow Broom. Halloween Charms, Witch Charms, Straw Broom Charms, Craft and Jewelry Supplies, Findings (7.5k) 4.00. Given the chance to go and see them, I unfortunately refused, a regret of mine now as I come to understand and appreciatethe traditions. Check out our craft straw brooms selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our buckets, mops & brooms. Kerry, wear straw hats and costume and process through the town.My father has been down to watch the Wren Boys in Sandymount many times, but I spent my teenage years a little embarrassed by him and his love of Irish music. In Sandymount, near where I grew up in Dublin, there has been a concert of Wren Boys for many years – they look a lot like the mummers of Newfoundland, while The Wran Boys in Dingle Co. It is a tradition celebrated in many places in Europe, including Brittany, Wales and the Isle of Man. Immortalised in the song ‘ The Wran, the wran, the king of all birds’. There is plenty out there about the traditions, and a lot more I want to investigate in more detail, but simply The Wran boys or Hunting the Wran involved a troupe going door to door, disguised in different bits of costume, presenting the Wran - or wren - that had been caught in a decorated bush or box, singing and causing mayhem and asking for a penny for the burial of the Wran. I think it is our way of holding onto memories of past Christmases and family members we have lost and miss at this time. When I got older I took on some of the stocking filling duties, even initiating my partner into it when he stayed with my family for Christmas, and it has continued even though my brother turned twenty-five this year. My mother, friends and family all contributing to the knitting of a stocking over one day, when it was realised my youngest brother didn’t have one to hang out. That one tradition alone has created some odd little memories and little personal performative acts that I’m reminded of. A straw broom is easy to make, and the project is one that would be fun to do with the kids or a as a great back-to-nature project that would be ideal for a group activity at a craft fair or other special event. ![]() My own family has always hung out stockings for Santa. Claus this year for an Online Santa experience, I get a little peek into current personal traditions – families wearing matching pyjamas, dressing in Christmas jumpers, welcoming an elf on the shelf into their home, leaving snacks out for Santa, and one I was introduced to last year, children leaving their ‘soother’ or ‘dodie’, a child’s pacifier, for Santa as they had grown up. As we approach Christmas I hope to participate in some other traditions with Michael – possibly making some straw hats and costume and maybe going ‘hunting the wran’. ![]()
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