On Air Night Flight | Midnight - 6:00am

Hunt the Wren coin launched

£2 coin celebrates ancient Manx Christmas tradition

An iconic Manx Christmas tradition is being celebrated on a coin this festive season.

The Isle of Man Post Office is releasing a £2 "Hunt the Wren" coin.

The coin depicts the well-known custom which is carried out every St Stephen's Day (26th).

Originally the wren were hunted down, killed, and fastened to a pole, their feathers thought to ward off evil in the coming year . . but nowadays a groups travel around singing a traditional song and dancing around a decorated wren pole using an imitation bird.

It coins are also available in a special limited edition of 1000 beautiful Christmas Cards featuring imagery taken from the Manx Folk Traditions stamp collection complete with a ‘Hunt the Wren’ stamp, first day of issue unique postmark and a 2018 Hunt the Wren £2 Coin.

All products can be purchased at www.iompost.com.

More from Isle of Man Business