Birthstone – Emerald
Flower – Lily of the Valley
Sign of the zodiac – Taurus – April 20 to May 20

Minehead, Somerset
The hobby horse of Minehead, which some call a ship horse, comes out on the evening of April 30th and at sunrise on May Day.

Padstow, Cornwall
The obby oss (hobby horse) is a very strange site, being a man enveloped in a wooden hoop, six feet in diameter and draped in black tarpaulin. There is a small horse’s head on the front of the frame and a wispy tail behind.

This annual cheese rolling event takes place at Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire