Depending on your point of view both could be true Wrens have been flitting through the undergrowth of British culture ever since it began In medieval times a complicated system of observing the directions in which wrens flew determined the sort of luck the observer would experience In modern times the image of the wren remains in pictures and ceramics in many British households Even though the early beliefs may have been watered down or even forgotten the wren still has a perch in our consciousness and a nest in our affections A wood without wrens is a sad impoverished place