1.
Swan Upping
12 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
2.
The Wicker Man
3 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
3.
Maypole Dancing
A great tradition held each year on the first day of May
2 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
4.
Bread and Cheese Throwing
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
5.
Burn’s Night
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
6.
Collop Monday
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
7.
Well Dressing
Popular in Derbyshire, wells are elaborately decorated
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
8.
Haxey Hood
A bizarre ritual carried out each Twelfth Night (Old Style Christmas Day)
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
9.
Straw Bear Festival
The first Monday after Twelfth Night, a man dressed as a bear made from straw is paraded
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
10.
Sweeps Festival
Honouring the chimney sweeps of times past
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
11.
Guy Fawkes Night
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
12.
Hurling the Silver Ball
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
13.
Blessing the Throats Ceremony
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
14.
Bottle Kicking and Hare Pie Scramble
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
15.
Bacup Nutters Dance
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
16.
Tar Barrel Burning
-1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
17.
Up-Helly-Aa
-1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
18.
Clowns in Church
-1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
19.
Plough Monday
-1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
20.
Turning the Devil’s Stone
-3 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
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