Once a Year: Some Traditional British CustomsA unique photographic documentation of Britain's annual folk customs. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 8 |
Introduction | 9 |
The Haxey Hood Game | 14 |
Copyright | |
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acres annual apple ball Bampton band Bank Holiday Monday barrel beating the bounds beer bell Bellerby Biddenden boggans bonfire bottle boundaries boys bread Burry cake calendar customs Candle Auction carried celebrated century ceremony Charity cheese choir Christmas churchwardens clavie collection common costumes Court Leet dance dancers dressed Easter fair Feast festival fire first-footing flowers garland grazing guisers Hatherleigh head held Hobby Horse Hocktide hood horn Ickwell Ickwell Green Isle of Purbeck King known Lady land lord manor mayor maypole Minehead morning Morris-dancing mummers NORTH YORKSHIRE November Ock Street origin Padstow pancake parish church parishioners pence performed play Plough Monday pounds procession pubs Punky Night Queen revived Saturday following Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide sing song South Queensferry St George stone Sunday sword takes place thrown Tichborne town traditional tree vicar village wassailing wear Wednesday Westwoodside Whit Whit Monday Yarnton