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Schools will be raising money for UNICEF’s health and well-being programmes for children in Papua New Guinea by organising something different on the day – this could be a non-uniform day, dressing up in specific colours, holding cake sales or putting on sponsored events – in exchange for bringing in a small donation.
Or as it’s better known in the UK – Pancake Day!
Celebrated traditionally with the making of pancakes, served with lemon juice and sugar.
Egg shackling is very likely a relic of an ancient fertility ceremony. (more…)
One of the most famous and iconic of all the UK’s music festivals. It’s renowned for often taking place in the rain! (more…)
St. David is the patron saint of Wales and this day is marked with the Welsh national flower – the daffodil.
Mothers Day (in the UK)
Put your clocks forward at 2am
Maundy Thursday commemorates the last supper Jesus took with the apostles.
In the UK, the reigning Monarch distributes Maundy Money to deserving senior citizens – one man and one woman for each year of the monarch’s age.
This annual cheese rolling event is free for anyone to take part in or watch, other than a £5 car parking fee, which covers the costs of the cheeses etc. (more…)
Warcop – Cumbria
Ambleside, Cumbria
Honiton, Devon
This is the day when tradition says that whatever the weather is like, it will continue like that for the next 40 days. This means everyone really hopes it won’t rain. (more…)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Appleton, Cheshire
South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland
St. John’s, Isle of Man (more…)
Whalton, Northumberland (more…)
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. (more…)
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. (more…)
With their blackened faces and garish costumes, there’s nothing quite like the dancing ‘nutters’ of Bacup. (more…)
Market Weighton, East Yorkshire
The Kiplingcotes Derby is said to be the oldest flat race in England (more…)
Two teams, Town and Country, compete to carry an apple wood ball, covered in silver leaf over the parish boundary. (more…)
This is an annual event which has been played in its present form since 1932. (more…)