{"id":33491,"date":"2017-12-28T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidethegoblinuniverse.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/st-stephens-day\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T13:58:58","slug":"st-stephens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethegoblinuniverse.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/st-stephens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ST STEPHEN&#039;S DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i>Today, 26th December, is St Stephen&#8217;s Day in the Western Church.\u00a0 In the Eastern Church the feast is on 27th December.\u00a0 It celebrates the feast of St Stephen, the first recorded martyr, who was stoned to death.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i>As far as animals go, today is connected in Ireland with the wren.\u00a0 In days gone by, the wren was hunted by gangs of boys and killed.\u00a0 In these gentler times, no killing takes place.\u00a0 The practice may date back to pagan times and the wren may have been a sacrifice.\u00a0 Hunting the wren was also carried out in Wales, but, as far as I know, the practice has fallen into desuetude in that country.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i>The link below deals with the wren&#8217;s possible connection to Indo-European mythology.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1__88cKhm_E\/WkJZaJkmeHI\/AAAAAAAAWZ4\/_BSDcFblL_8EXNjfSXPc_24o0P1kaYN_wCLcBGAs\/s1600\/th%2B%252855%2529.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1__88cKhm_E\/WkJZaJkmeHI\/AAAAAAAAWZ4\/_BSDcFblL_8EXNjfSXPc_24o0P1kaYN_wCLcBGAs\/s320\/th%2B%252855%2529.jpg?resize=320%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/piereligion.org\/huntwren.html\">now read on&#8230;..<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfz-usa.blogspot.com\/2017\/12\/st-stephens-day.html\" target=\"_blank\">source: CFZ-USA<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 26th December, is St Stephen&#8217;s Day in the Western Church.\u00a0 In the Eastern Church the feast is on 27th December.\u00a0 It celebrates the feast of St Stephen, the first recorded martyr, who was stoned to death.As far as animals go, today is connected in Ireland with the wren.\u00a0 In days gone by, the wren 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