Unusual Folklore Customs and Ceremonies
A long time ago the year was marked out with special days which marked the passing
year.
These were days of celebrations where people would do things, eat things or
make things which they would not normally do....
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Unusual Folklore Customs and Ceremonies
A long time ago the year was marked out with special days which marked the passing
year.
These were days of celebrations where people would do things, eat things or
make things which they would not normally do.
Some of these celebrations may seem
strange, funny and even mad to visitors to our country.
Where else can you you watch
adults run down a steep hill chasing a ball of cheese?
Below is a calendar of our unusual customs, ceremonies and traditions in England and
other parts of Britain.
January
Twelfth Night, 6th January
Baddeley Cake, Drury Lane Theatre, London - on
On Twelfth Night the cast of the current play eat cake and drink wine in
memory of an actor from the 18th Century who bequeathed money to the
theatre s hardship fund.
Fireball-Whirling Ceremony, Stonehaven, Scotland
On the night of the Old New Year s Eve, young men whirl balls of burning rope around
their heads.
Haxey Hood Game, Haxey, Lincolnshire -
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