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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.

Calendar of unusual customs and traditions in Great Britain

Cheese rolling, Nettle eating, Toe Wrestling, Bog Snorkelling are just few of the strange, bizzarre, wacky, accentric, and even mad festivals still taking place in Britain today.

spirits are driven out and the good spirits are encouraged to produce a good apple crop. One of them is wassailing. It is a custom when people go door-to-door singing Christmas carols. Another custom is visiting orchards in cider-producing regions incantations to the trees to be given a good harvest of apples.

January

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Twelfth Night is an annual seasonal celebration held on the Bankside by Shakespeare’s Globe, in London. It is a celebration of the New Year, mixing ancient Midwinter seasonal customs with contemporary festivity. It is free, accessible to all and happens whatever the weather.

On Twelfth Night the cost 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.

February

In February a Celtic festival a 2000 year old, is called Imbolc Fire Festival. It marks the first sings of spring. It is a lantern and torch parade with fire jugglers, drummers, Celtic characters, fire druids and spring’s Green Man.

Pancakes Races is another interesting custom, held on Shrove Tuesday. They are held all over England. The most famous pancake race takes place at Olney. The object of the race is to get to the finishing line first while flipping a pancake in a frying pan a pre-decided number of times.

traditions, which dates Back to the 13th century. It takes place every year on March 25th on the Annunciation Day. The dole was flour and it was given to the poor until 1796. From 1796 Tichborne Family have given money to the church instead.

March

the coming of summer.
Palm Sunday.
On this day small biscuits stamped with the image of Pascal Lamb and the word’s God and Good Neighborhood are distributed at the church doors after the service.

Bun ceremony on Good Friday. Each year a sailor adds a hot cross bun to the many that hang already in memory of a poor widow who baked a bun for her only son that never returned from sea.
The Traditional Egg Gift
The first eggs given at Easter were birds’ eggs. These eggs were painted in bright colors, and were given out as a gift. Other Easter presents are chocolate eggs given to children and Simnel Cake which is baked for tea.

customs. Sweep Festival coincides with the tradition of Chimney Sweeps welcoming the summer so that they could clean the dirty chimneys.

May

their lapels or hats and decorate their front doors on Oak Apple Day. If you didn’t you could be kicked or pinched on the bottom. Children usually do it and they call this day « Pinch-Bum-Day».

part of a charity beer festival at the Bottle Inn in the village of Marshwood near Crewkerne, the event attracts people from around the world. Some people try to out eat the current champion nettle-eater.

June

companies had right to keep swans on the River Thames. Nowadays the Queen’s Swan Keeper and Swan Markers from those two companies dressed in livery row in boats along the river to mark the baby swans.

July

every July.

World Toe-Wrestling Championships

are made and displayed around the village by local people in the first half of the August.

in Staffordshire. The ancient Horn Dance is an annual event held traditionally in the first Monday after the first Sunday after September 4th. The famous Horn Dance is performed by six Deer-man who wear reindeer horns. The dancers follow a 10-mile course and perform the ritual in 12 different locations in and around the village , whilst the musician play tunes such as «The Farmers’ boy» and «Uncle Mick» on a melodeon, with accompaniment from a triangle.

September

of England would carve their Punkies (pumpkins) into Jack O’Lanterns. Once carved the children would go out in groups and march through the streets singing traditional «punky» songs, calling at friendly houses. And competing for best lantern with rival groups they meet. The streets would be lit with the light of the Punkies.

October

Beginning on the Bank-side, by Shakespeare’s Globe, October Plenty mixes ancient seasonal customs and theatre with contemporary festivity, joining Borough Market, Southwark. October Plenty is completed by a parade with the Berry Man in front. The Berry Man is covered with wild fruits and foliage.

door by children who would exchange them with house-holders for gifts of sweets, pennies and this would be good luck for both parties.

November

on and around the 5th November. The most famous Bonfire Night celebrations take place at Lewes East Sussex, where there is a torch light procession before the lighting on the bonfire.

surviving features of the traditional English Christmas. Mumming in England goes back for over a thousand years. Mumming is best described as early pantomime. The plays are based loosely on the legend of St. George and the dragon. The plays are intended to show the struggle between good and evil.

has snow balled into Tenby’s main Christmas attraction. With around 600 swimmers with most infancy dress and thousands of onlookers each year, this fantastic spectacle is not to be missed. The event takes place on the North Beach, and the swim itself is at 11.30 a.m.

over the UK, but in different locations of the country.
Although all these events are not widely known, they are a big attraction to everybody who is interested in them.