Hunting the Wren at Christmas - Origin of Hunting the Wren - the Bird Awakening the Danes, 1850. Creator: Unknown. # 2889285

Hunting the Wren at Christmas - Origin of Hunting the Wren - the Bird Awakening the Danes, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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Hunting the Wren at Christmas - Origin of Hunting the Wren - the Bird Awakening the Danes, 1850. An annual tradition during the festive season, where a wren was chased and caught, was believed to have been '...connected with the invasion of the Danes...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.