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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 December, 2011
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![The Derby Tup is also known as Old Tup or the Derby Ram and is a mumming play associated with house visiting customs around Christmas time in the Sheffield area. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_9374-115x115.jpg "Derby Tup")
Derby Tup
Posted on December 27, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe Derby Tup is also known as Old Tup or the Derby Ram and is a mumming play associated with house visiting customs around Christmas time in the Sheffield area. […] -
![The Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers perform every Boxing Day wearing unique military style uniforms and carrying metre-long swords. The team of eight are accompanied by musicians and perform an intricate […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_9376-115x115.jpg "Handsworth Sword Dance")
Handsworth Sword Dance
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers perform every Boxing Day wearing unique military style uniforms and carrying metre-long swords. The team of eight are accompanied by musicians and perform an intricate […] -
![Grenoside Sword Dancers are a team with records dating back over 150 years and probably much longer. Traditionally they perform on their home turf every Boxing Day with a side […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_9365-115x115.jpg "Grenoside Sword Dance")
Grenoside Sword Dance
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 1 CommentGrenoside Sword Dancers are a team with records dating back over 150 years and probably much longer. Traditionally they perform on their home turf every Boxing Day with a side […] -
![Christmas Carol singing is a feature of the season all over the country ; in one area of Yorkshire they have their own unique local carols which are sung in […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/carols-115x115.jpg "Yorkshire Local Carols")
Yorkshire Local Carols
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsChristmas Carol singing is a feature of the season all over the country ; in one area of Yorkshire they have their own unique local carols which are sung in […] -
![A number of locations around the UK host midwinter swimming events – not all of them are even on the coast – and they seem to be growing in popularity […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_1227-115x115.jpg "Christmas Day,Boxing Day & New Years Day Dip")
Christmas Day,Boxing Day & New Years Day Dip
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 8 CommentsA number of locations around the UK host midwinter swimming events – not all of them are even on the coast – and they seem to be growing in popularity […] -
![Alresford is at the centre of the watercress growing trade in Hampshire, and each May a free festival takes place celebrating the plant and its consumption. A Cavalcade processes up […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_5756-115x115.jpg "Alresford Watercress Festival")
Alresford Watercress Festival
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 4 CommentsAlresford is at the centre of the watercress growing trade in Hampshire, and each May a free festival takes place celebrating the plant and its consumption. A Cavalcade processes up […] -
![The feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated by the Catholic church and commemorates the Body and Blood of Christ. It’s a moveable feast on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday (eight […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/arundel-115x115.jpg "Arundel Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers")
Arundel Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated by the Catholic church and commemorates the Body and Blood of Christ. It’s a moveable feast on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday (eight […] -
![The ever popular outlaw and his merry men are celebrated each August at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre near Edwinstowe. It’s a relatively modern event, but has been well established […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_0595-115x115.jpg "Sherwood Forest Robin Hood Festival")
Sherwood Forest Robin Hood Festival
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 1 CommentThe ever popular outlaw and his merry men are celebrated each August at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre near Edwinstowe. It’s a relatively modern event, but has been well established […] -
![Most of the annual boundary riding customs in the borderlands take place in Scotland and in June or July; at Berwick they like to do things a bit differently and […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1649-115x115.jpg "Berwick Riding the Bounds")
Berwick Riding the Bounds
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 10 CommentsMost of the annual boundary riding customs in the borderlands take place in Scotland and in June or July; at Berwick they like to do things a bit differently and […]