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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![Saturnalia was a popular Roman midwinter festival celebrating the god Saturn, which lasted for several days. Saturn was the god of agriculture and worship of him hopefully encouraged prosperity to […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_7737-115x115.jpg "Chester Saturnalia")
Chester Saturnalia
Posted on November 28, 2010 | No CommentsSaturnalia was a popular Roman midwinter festival celebrating the god Saturn, which lasted for several days. Saturn was the god of agriculture and worship of him hopefully encouraged prosperity to […] -
![This is a fire custom welcoming in the New Year. A procession of Guizers in fancy dress parade through the village bearing aloft half-barrels filled with tar and flames which […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_4074-115x115.jpeg "Allendale Tar Bar’ls (Barrels)")
Allendale Tar Bar’ls (Barrels)
Posted on November 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis is a fire custom welcoming in the New Year. A procession of Guizers in fancy dress parade through the village bearing aloft half-barrels filled with tar and flames which […] -
![In this annual competition the ancient grudge between Yorkshire and Lancashire is played out again – this time by hurling Black Puddings at a pile of Yorkshire Puddings on a […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0743-115x115.jpg "Ramsbottom World Black Pudding Throwing Championships")
Ramsbottom World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
Posted on September 9, 2010 | 19 CommentsIn this annual competition the ancient grudge between Yorkshire and Lancashire is played out again – this time by hurling Black Puddings at a pile of Yorkshire Puddings on a […] -
![The game at Sedgefield has been played for hundreds of years, supposedly since the masons working on the church challenged the locals back in the fourteenth century. It starts when […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_8031-115x115.jpg "Sedgefield Ball Game")
Sedgefield Ball Game
Posted on February 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe game at Sedgefield has been played for hundreds of years, supposedly since the masons working on the church challenged the locals back in the fourteenth century. It starts when […]