![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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![While the ceremonies at Stonehenge may be the most famous of those held on the Summer Solstice, there is also a large gathering at the stone circle at Avebury in […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_5323-195x110.jpeg "Avebury Summer Solstice")
Avebury Summer Solstice
While the ceremonies at Stonehenge may be the most famous of those held on the Summer Solstice, there is also a large gathering at the stone circle at Avebury in […]
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![Every summer, fig pies are baked according to a traditional recipe at the village of Wybunbury in Cheshire, and on a Saturday in June the pies are rolled along the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_2618-195x110.jpeg "Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes")
Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes
Every summer, fig pies are baked according to a traditional recipe at the village of Wybunbury in Cheshire, and on a Saturday in June the pies are rolled along the […]
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![Hawick Common Riding is the first of the border festivals in the season and as well as marking the boundaries it commemorates the 1514 capture of the English flag by […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3510-195x110.jpg "Hawick Common Riding")
Hawick Common Riding
Hawick Common Riding is the first of the border festivals in the season and as well as marking the boundaries it commemorates the 1514 capture of the English flag by […]
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