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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 October, 2013
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![Plough Monday was the day upon which agricultural workers returned to the land and they marked the occasion by disguising themselves and touring their local district dancing and performing plays […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_2979-115x115.jpg "Calverton Plough Play")
Calverton Plough Play
Posted on October 25, 2013 | No CommentsPlough Monday was the day upon which agricultural workers returned to the land and they marked the occasion by disguising themselves and touring their local district dancing and performing plays […] -
![Whitworth Rushcart is one of a clutch of customs in the North West involving a large wheeled vehicle covered in rushes and flowers accompanied by morris dancers and music as […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_6958-115x115.jpg "Whitworth Rushcart")
Whitworth Rushcart
Posted on October 22, 2013 | 10 CommentsWhitworth Rushcart is one of a clutch of customs in the North West involving a large wheeled vehicle covered in rushes and flowers accompanied by morris dancers and music as […] -
![Local inventor Richard Trevithick is one of the unsung heroes of the industrial revolution and every April the residents of Camborne celebrate his life and work in a festival which […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/trevithick-115x115.jpg "Camborne Trevithick Day")
Camborne Trevithick Day
Posted on October 21, 2013 | 6 CommentsLocal inventor Richard Trevithick is one of the unsung heroes of the industrial revolution and every April the residents of Camborne celebrate his life and work in a festival which […] -
![The historic Hinds Head Inn at Aldermaston is the current setting for a traditional candle and pin auction. It is one of a handful of survivors of an ancient method […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Aldermaston Candle Auction")
Aldermaston Candle Auction
Posted on October 21, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe historic Hinds Head Inn at Aldermaston is the current setting for a traditional candle and pin auction. It is one of a handful of survivors of an ancient method […] -
![The candle auction at Leigh is one of a handful of survivors of an ancient method of selling which involves the auctioneer taking bids whilst a candle burns; when the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_7732-115x115.jpeg "Leigh Parish Lands Candle Auction")
Leigh Parish Lands Candle Auction
Posted on October 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe candle auction at Leigh is one of a handful of survivors of an ancient method of selling which involves the auctioneer taking bids whilst a candle burns; when the […] -
![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/2013/10/IMG_9055-115x115.jpg "Littleborough Rushbearing Festival")
Littleborough Rushbearing Festival
Posted on October 4, 2013 | 5 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 […] -
Shave Cross Inn Ash Faggot Night
Posted on October 4, 2013 | No CommentsThe ancient Shave Cross Inn, so-called because visiting monastics had a trim here whilst visiting, was the setting for a traditional Ashen Faggot burning on a Thursday night each January. […] -
![The Ashen Faggot is a West Country Christmas custom – it’s a large log with withies bound around it to make a bundle which is burned indoors in the hearth. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/48952624_1827729214000334_8902336399848505344_n-115x115.jpeg "Curry Rivel Wassail and Ashen Faggot")
Curry Rivel Wassail and Ashen Faggot
Posted on October 4, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe Ashen Faggot is a West Country Christmas custom – it’s a large log with withies bound around it to make a bundle which is burned indoors in the hearth. […]