![Every 5th November the streets of Ottery St Mary are lit by blazing tar barrels, carried by the residents of the town; the barrels weigh 30kg and are carried at […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_9214-426x250.jpg "Ottery St Mary Flaming Tar Barrels")
![This is an ancient custom dating back hundreds of years -nobody knows exactly how long but it’s reputedly one of the oldest traditions in Europe. It starts with a simple […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_7518-480x250.jpg "Abbots Bromley Horn Dance")
Welcome to Calendar Customs!
This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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![Haxey Hood is one of the ancient mass-participation festival games and is the earliest in the year, sometimes taking place in snow. Instead of a football, the players use “hoods” […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/The-Fool-is-Smoked-640x250.jpg "Haxey Hood")
Haxey Hood
Haxey Hood is one of the ancient mass-participation festival games and is the earliest in the year, sometimes taking place in snow. Instead of a football, the players use “hoods” […]
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![Every St George’s Day, the officials of the Court Baron and View of Frankpledge in Lichfield, ( a.k.a.St George’s Court) gather at the Guildhall to appoint the officers of the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_1452-195x110.jpeg "Lichfield St George’s Court")
Lichfield St George’s Court
Every St George’s Day, the officials of the Court Baron and View of Frankpledge in Lichfield, ( a.k.a.St George’s Court) gather at the Guildhall to appoint the officers of the […]
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![The Beltane Celebrations at Glastonbury are a modern interpretation of the ancient Celtic pagan fertility rite of spring, and where better to celebrate such an event? There are different groups […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_8164-195x110.jpg "Glastonbury Beltane & May Day Celebrations")
Glastonbury Beltane & May Day Celebrations
The Beltane Celebrations at Glastonbury are a modern interpretation of the ancient Celtic pagan fertility rite of spring, and where better to celebrate such an event? There are different groups […]
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![Workington hosts a trio of mass-football games each year, all starting off at 6.30 with the ball being thrown from Long Bridge, the footbridge over the Beck, in the Cloffocks […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_8123-195x110.jpg "Workington Football")
Workington Football
Workington hosts a trio of mass-football games each year, all starting off at 6.30 with the ball being thrown from Long Bridge, the footbridge over the Beck, in the Cloffocks […]
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