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''Category Editor: Doc Rowe''
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Year after year the same thing!  The seasons come and go and we mark them in different ways.  
Year after year the same thing!  The seasons come and go and we mark them in different ways.  
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We eat mince pies at Christmas and Hot Cross buns at Easter.
We eat mince pies at Christmas and Hot Cross buns at Easter.


There are hundreds of customs and here we will catalogue as many as we can find.
There are hundreds of seasonal events and customs and here we will catalogue as many as we can find.
 
===Months===


[[January]] [[February]] [[March]] [[April]] [[May]] [[June]] [[July]] [[August]] [[September]] [[October]] [[November]] [[December]]
[[January]] [[February]] [[March]] [[April]] [[May]] [[June]] [[July]] [[August]] [[September]] [[October]] [[November]] [[December]]
===Some Categories===
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|align=center|[[Hobby Horse]]||align=center|[[Mummers]]||align=center|[[Fairs]]|| align=center| [[Church]]
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|align=center|[[Rushcarts]] ||align=center| [[Football]] || align=center|[[Carolling]] ||align=center| [[Rolling]]
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|align=center|[[Food]]||align=center|[[Processional]]||align=center|[[Seasonal Dance|Dance]]||align=center|[[Maritime]]
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Latest revision as of 23:12, 29 November 2008

Category Editor: Doc Rowe

Year after year the same thing! The seasons come and go and we mark them in different ways.

We fire guns into the apple tree branches to ensure a good cider apple crop.

We roll Easter eggs down a rural hillside.

We sing songs outside people's front doors and ask them for money.

We eat mince pies at Christmas and Hot Cross buns at Easter.

There are hundreds of seasonal events and customs and here we will catalogue as many as we can find.

Months

January February March April May June July August September October November December


Some Categories

Hobby Horse Mummers Fairs Church
Rushcarts Football Carolling Rolling
Food Processional Dance Maritime