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==Traditional drama==


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Ripponden, West Yorkshire: [[Long Company]]  [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/mummers.htm Web site]  2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of January
 
 
==Traditional Games==


[[Long Company]]  [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/mummers.htm Web site]  2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of January


[[Haxey Hood]] A football match where the players are perhaps more violent than the fans - takes place in [[Lincolnshire]] on January 6th.
[[Haxey Hood]] A football match where the players are perhaps more violent than the fans - takes place in [[Lincolnshire]] on January 6th.


There is a Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxey_Hood here]
There is a Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxey_Hood here]
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Plough Monday

This is the first Monday after Epiphany, the first day of the first week back at work after the Christmas holidays.

Events associated with Plough Monday include:

  • Mummers Plays
  • Plough Bullocks

Wassailing

Dates vary regionally. Bread or toast is soaked in cider and hung in the apple trees. Guns are then fired into the trees.

Straw Bear Festival

Held in Whittlesey near Peterborough, Second weekend in January.


Traditional drama

Ripponden, West Yorkshire: Long Company Web site 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of January


Traditional Games

Haxey Hood A football match where the players are perhaps more violent than the fans - takes place in Lincolnshire on January 6th.

There is a Wikipedia entry here




Back to Customs

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