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CCÉ
Wren Boys, 2002
| Event: |
CCE
WREN BOYS 2002 |
| Date: |
December
26, 2002 |
| Meeting
Place: |
The
Murphy House -
1959 17th Avenue, between Pacheco and Ortega
in San Francisco |
| Time: |
6:15
p.m. |
| Contact
info: |
Michael
Murphy (415) 564-7188
Please RSVP by the NOON on the 26th. |
The
Schedule |
| Shannon
Arms |
Taraval Street near 19th Ave. |
| The
Lundy's |
[H] - 2174 33rd Avenue between Rivera and Quintara Streets |
| Sam
McGuire's Pub |
Noriega and 32rd Ave. |
| Durty
Nelly's |
Irving Street between 24th and 25th Aves. |
| Terry's
Lodge |
15th Ave & Irving Streets |
| The
Black Thorn |
rving Street between 9th and 10th Aves. |
| Catherine
Scanlon's |
[H] - 761 Cole Street near Waller Street |
| Blarney
Stone |
Geary Blvd. between 20th and 21st Aves. |
| Ireland's
32 |
Geary Blvd. between 3rd and 4th Aves. |
| Plough
and Stars |
116 Clement Street between 2nd and 3rd Aves. |
What
to Wear:
Farm outfit (such as overalls, caps, jeans, lumberjack or
outdoorsy shirts); holly in the caps are fine; some disguise
wear such as a wig, veil, funny hat, charcoal on the face,
mask. A Christmas Holiday themed outfit would work.
The Wren Verse:
THE WREN, THE WREN THE KING OF ALL BIRDS
ON ST. STEPHEN'S DAY HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE FURZZ
FROM BUSH TO BUSH, AND TREE TO TREE
ON DONOUGHMORE CROSS HE BROKE HIS KNEE
WE BROUGHT HIM HERE TO THE HOLLY BUSH
HOLLY AND I ARE WELL SET UP
AND THE MAN OF THE HOUSE
IS IN VERY GOOD LUCK
I HAVE A LITTLE POT UNDER ME ARM
A PENNY OR TWO WILL DO IT NO HARM
UP WITH THE KETTLE AND DOWN WITH THE PAN
GIVE US A PENNY TO BURY THE WREN!!
Other Information:
On
the night itself: If a Pub has 0-2 people, and it's absolutely
dead, we move on to the next stop.
Prior to Wren Night: If a pub
notifies me that it will be closed or if there's some sort
of insurmountable conflict such as a private bash and/or they
simply take a pass, I'll thank them, delete the venue from
this year's list. Hey, it can and does happen, but very rarely.
And these pubs that are closed or take a pass one year tend
to welcome us the following year.
Cell Phone Contacts: Still TBA at this moment. It will
be on a request basis. The cell contact's number will be not
given out over the internet. If a person is good enough to
be the cell phone contact, then we should take the precaution
of making sure not everyone under the sun is calling them
while we're on the Wren. They are entitled fun as well.
Catching up to us: The best way to catch up with us
is to meet us at the initial House, the Murphy's. There's
a 30 minute window there! Otherwise it's a low percentage
of success for them to track us down especially if they are
new to the wren custom or are unfamiliar with the are.
Wren Links:
Island
On-line - The Wren Boys
North
of Boston Library Exchange - St. Stephen's Day
Dingle
Peninsula History & Culture Guide
Irish
Festivals.net - St. Stephen's Day |
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