Very!

I found some more interesting bits in a book about Scottish bird folklore...

4. There are several subspecies of wrens - St Kilda, Shetland and the Hebrides each have their own type of wren which are distinct from those on the mainland.

5. The Latin name Troglodytes troglodytes means 'one who creeps into holes'.

6. There is a Celtic ritual which probably stems from pagan days, which involves the stoning of a wren on what is now St Stephen's day.

I do a talk sometimes about the birds in the area and the folklore and I always end with the tale about the golden eagle and the wren, and they have a disagreement about who is the king of the birds. Thy decide to settle it by seeing who can fly the highest. The eagle sets off, flying higher and higher until the sheep are mere specks on the hill and soaring higher and higher still, he's above even the mountain tops and clouds and can see the wren nowhere. He thinks he has won the contest, until... he feels a tickle in the feathers on his head and out pops the wren. So that is how the wren was crowned king of the birds!

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