IDNO

P.9694.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Wren cage. Pitt-Rivers Mus. Farnham

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; United Kingdom; ?County Clare; England; Farnham; Pitt Rivers Museum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Object: There is no object matching this description in the Pitt Rivers Museum online catalogue. [JD 29/10/2008]

Context: The ceremony of ‘hunting the wren’ is carried out on St Stephen’s Day by the local ‘wren boys’. The wren bush is a structure of evergreens, covered with streamers and with the dead bird hung up or in a sort of cage. [JD 29/10/2008]

Bibliographical Reference: ‘A Folklore Survey of County Clare’, by Thos. J. Westorpp, Folklore © 1911 Folklore Enterprises, Ltd. [JD 29/10/2008]

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “?Europe”, but the ‘hunting of the wren’ is a ceremony of County Clare, Ireland. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 29/10/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 29/10/2008]