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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 January, 2012
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![This is a well established revival of the ancient custom of wassailing the apple trees combined with the perhaps even more exciting Mari Lwyd, the skull-topped hobby-horse of Welsh folklore. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_9500-115x115.jpg "Chepstow Wassail and Mari Lwyd")
Chepstow Wassail and Mari Lwyd
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 6 CommentsThis is a well established revival of the ancient custom of wassailing the apple trees combined with the perhaps even more exciting Mari Lwyd, the skull-topped hobby-horse of Welsh folklore. […] -
![In the past it was common practice for a curfew bell to be rung, to let people know it was time to cover their fires and get to bed. Chertsey […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_0088-115x115.jpeg "Chertsey Curfew Bell")
Chertsey Curfew Bell
Posted on January 14, 2012 | 13 CommentsIn the past it was common practice for a curfew bell to be rung, to let people know it was time to cover their fires and get to bed. Chertsey […] -
![The Goathland Plough Stots are a traditional longsword dance team with a history at least a couple of hundred years long; they have 6 dances each with its own tune […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_9415-115x115.jpg "Goathland Plough Stots")
Goathland Plough Stots
Posted on January 14, 2012 | 6 CommentsThe Goathland Plough Stots are a traditional longsword dance team with a history at least a couple of hundred years long; they have 6 dances each with its own tune […] -
![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-115x115.jpg "Haxey Hood")
Haxey Hood
Posted on January 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsHaxey 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” […]