Top 20 curious customs in the UK 20 items ranked
Strange but common practises in the UK
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kris in category
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Swan Upping
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The Wicker Man
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Maypole Dancing
A great tradition held each year on the first day of May
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Bread and Cheese Throwing
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Burn’s Night
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Collop Monday
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Well Dressing
Popular in Derbyshire, wells are elaborately decorated
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Haxey Hood
A bizarre ritual carried out each Twelfth Night (Old Style Christmas Day)
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Straw Bear Festival
The first Monday after Twelfth Night, a man dressed as a bear made from straw is paraded
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Sweeps Festival
Honouring the chimney sweeps of times past
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Guy Fawkes Night
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Hurling the Silver Ball
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Blessing the Throats Ceremony
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Bottle Kicking and Hare Pie Scramble
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Bacup Nutters Dance
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Tar Barrel Burning
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Up-Helly-Aa
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Clowns in Church
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Plough Monday
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Turning the Devil’s Stone
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