*Ø* Blogmanac December 26 | And a partridge in a pear tree

The first day of Christmas: the 12 Days of Christmas begin, through to Jan 6




Partridge control (funny and worth a listen)

“Another witching time is the period of twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany. Hence in some parts of Silesia the people burn pine-resin all night long between Christmas and the New Year in order that the pungent smoke may drive witches and evil spirits far away from house and homestead ..."

Wrenning Day, old England
Some customs, quaint though they might be, are best when they have faded from practice. It was long a custom in England to find a wren and stone it to death in commemoration of the stoning of St Stephen.The bird was imprisoned in a lantern or wren house, paraded through the village then killed by the ‘doluns’ or wren boys. In some places Wrenning Day took place on Christmas Eve, and in others, Christmas Day, but it was commonly today, St Stephen’s Day ...


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