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Dates & locations for Hunt the Wren, 2024

Wed, 27 Nov 2024


The locations and times for Hunt the Wren this year (all to be finished by midday):

PORT St. MARY: 10am meet in the Scoill Phurt-le-Moirrey car park
DOUGLAS: 10.15am meet (for 10.30am start) outside the Woodbourne Hotel
RAMSEY: 10.30am meet outside St Paul’s Church
St. JOHN'S: 10.30am meet in the Arboretum car park
WILLASTON: 10.45am meet in Willaston School Car Park (opp. Manor Pub)
KIRK MICHAEL: 11am outside the Mitre pub (going on to Ballaugh)
BALLAUGH: 11.20am outside The Raven (going on to Sulby)
SULBY: 11.40am at the Sulby Glen Pub

All welcome, to watch, take part or just be a part of a great community event!

The location and time of the annual Cammag match:

2pm, St. John's, the Tynwald Fairfield
The North vs the South
To be followed by a Manx music session in the Tynwald Inn

All welcome - take along a stick found in the hedgerows if you're able, or ask John Dog if there are spares in his van when you get there!

The locations and times for the White Boys on Saturday 21 December are available here.

All of these events are community-led, organised and supported by the communities themselves.
More information about Manx Christmastime traditions can be found here: Manx Folklore