Yorkshire has many traditional customs that are still carried out today; the blessing of the boats in Whitby is one of them…
Archives for British Folk Customs
Put down the Angry Birds and watch the Swan Upping 2013
This year’s Swan Upping will start on Monday 15th July departing from Sunbury, and end at Abingdon, Oxfordshire on Friday 19th July…
The Chester Mystery Plays carry on a medieval tradition in a modern style
The Chester Mystery Plays open at Chester Cathedral this Friday 28th June. The medieval plays, originally written by monks, will be performed in the cathedral’s nave…
Well Dressing in Whitwell
Well Dressing is an unusual pagan custom practised in Derbyshire. Whitwell will be dressing two wells in the village between 6th and 13th July 2013…
The Isle of Man continues to honour its Viking history with the Tynwald Day Ceremony
Tynwald Day takes place annually on the Isle of Man and is the only open air parliamentary sitting based on Viking tradition…
Plucking a rose for the Knollys Rose Ceremony
Knollys Rose Ceremony is a British tradition dating back to 1381, held annually in June, it begins with a rose being plucked from a garden in Seething Lane…
Making a song and dance in Cheshire with the Bawming of the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is the only village in England where the Bawming of the Thorn ceremony takes place in June each year with the decorating of the village thorn tree…