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A similar tradition is performed on the first Sunday of December in parts of Southern France, including Carcassonne. James George Frazer describes in his "The Golden Bough" a wren-hunting ritual in Carcassonne. The "Fête du Roi de l'Oiseau", first recorded in 1524 at Puy-en-Velay, is still active.