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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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Archive for August, 2011
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![Beating the Bounds at Richmond in Yorkshire still takes place – but only every seven years. Ascension Day was a popular time for boundary-marking customs to be carried out and […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_8927-115x115.jpg "Richmond Septennial Boundary Riding")
Richmond Septennial Boundary Riding
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 1 CommentBeating the Bounds at Richmond in Yorkshire still takes place – but only every seven years. Ascension Day was a popular time for boundary-marking customs to be carried out and […] -
![The origins of the Rushcart are similar to the traditions of rushbearing which survives in Cumbia, but which have evolved in a different way. Rushes were gathered for strewing on […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_8912-115x115.jpg "Saddleworth Rushcart")
Saddleworth Rushcart
Posted on August 20, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe origins of the Rushcart are similar to the traditions of rushbearing which survives in Cumbia, but which have evolved in a different way. Rushes were gathered for strewing on […] -
![There is no-one else like the Burry Man – a man encased completely in a costume composed of thousands of burdock heads, wearing a flowery bowler hat. He has two […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC00027-115x115.jpg "Queensferry Burry Man")
Queensferry Burry Man
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 1 CommentThere is no-one else like the Burry Man – a man encased completely in a costume composed of thousands of burdock heads, wearing a flowery bowler hat. He has two […]