January
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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
Traditional Races
Traditional Lunacy
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