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Folklife West Journal NÂş6a

Folklife Diary

Oct. to Dec. 2011

2011 Š our logo by Chris Beaumont; Morrismen Š Annie Jones. Journal 2/year; Diary is 4/year.

A note from the Editor. This new Diary, to be published quarterly in Folklife West (FW) magazine from Oct 2010, will also be available online. Alternate issues will be within Folklife West Journal (FWJ), published 6-monthly, both as part of Folklife West magazine. and available separately. We welcome appropriate Diary items. This could include non-profit workshops (profitable ones are expected to contribute by Membership or advertising). We will also welcome news of folklife publications. Articles for next Journal (1 Jan) most welcome, deadline 20 Nov. We start this Diary with Doc’s listings and thank him for his help and encouargement over the years. Sam

LISTINGS: SEASONAL LOCAL CELEBRATIONS, FROM DOC ROWE All listings & photos Š Doc Rowe unless stated otherwise.

ALL ENTRIES FROM DOC except any in italics. Underlined: see photos.

We are very grateful to Doc for generously providing such detailed listings & photos.

Nottingham Goose Fair Billingsgate Harvest Festival Pearlies Harvest Festival Bellringers’ Feast Goozey Vair Court Leet Bampton Pony Fair Punkie Night Quit Rents Ceremony Antrobus Soulcakers Trick Or Treat

More entries welcome subject to consent of the event’s organisers, please - smaller ones may not want publicity - including further details / detailed reports, contact details, and photos. This Diary will be quarterly. • our Folklife Traditions Directory has the complete list plus photos, some in colour. Printed £3 by post, or online as free downloads as PDFs from the FTD webpage: http://ftdir.folklife-west.org.uk • Our Journal’s webpage is http://journal.folklife-west.org.uk

TAR BARREL ROLLING Ottery St Mary, Devon 5th November MARI LWYD [below] different places in S. E. Wales; from before Christmas to New Year’s Day

OCTOBER

Nottingham Billingsgate St Martins in the Field Twyford Tavistock Clifton, York Bampton Hinton St George Royal Courts of Justice Antrobus various

Notts Last 3 days of 1st wk in Oct London 1st Sunday in October London 1st Sunday in October Hants (Winchester) 7th October Devon 2nd Wednesday in Oct N. York October Exmoor Last Thursday in October Somerset Last Thursday in October London Late October Cheshire 31st October and on UK 31st October

various Lewes Hatherleigh Bridgwater Ottery St Mary Knightlow Cross Fenny Stratford various various City Of London Laxton Eton Fylingthorpe

UK Up to & inc. 5th Nov Sussex 5th November Devon Wednesday near 5th Nov Somerset Thursday near 5th Nov Devon 5th November Warks 11th November Bucks 11th November UK 11th November Yorks From 11th November London 2nd Saturday in November Notts (Newark) Late November Berks Late November N. Yorks December

NOVEMBER

Kaking Neet GUY FAWKES Lewes Bonfire Hatherleigh Fire Carnival Bridgwater Carnival Tar Barrel Rolling Wroth Silver Ceremony Firing The Fenny Poppers Armistice Day Yorkshire Carols The Lords Mayor’s Show Laxton Jury Day Wall Game Court Leet

DECEMBER including CHRISTMAS, BOXING DAY, new year’s eve

Tin Can Band Broughton Tup Plays Burning Ashen Faggot Dunster Tolling The Devils Knell Dewsbury Mummers Bampton Feather Guisers Uttoxeter Crookham Mummers Crookham Flamborough Sword Dance Flamborough Greatham Sword Dance Play Greatham Straw Boys/ Mummers Fermanagh Barrel rolling competition Denbigh Wren Boys Dingle Darkie Day Padstow Handsworth Sword Dancers Handsworth Grenoside Sword Dancers Grenoside Monkseaton Dancers Monkseaton Marshfield Mummers Ripon Sword Dancers Ripon Annual Dip Whitby Symondsbury Mummers Symondsbury Fylingdale Guisers Fylingthorpe Flambeaux Procession Comrie Swinging The Fireballs Stonehaven MARI LWYD different places - different days S.E. Wales

Northants

Sunday after 12th Dec

Somerset Christmas Eve W Yorks Christmas Eve Oxon Christmas Eve Staffs Christmas Eve and Day Hants Boxing Day Yorkshire Boxing Day Co. Durham Boxing Day Ireland Christmas Denbighshire Boxing Day [Eds] Ireland Boxing Day Cornwall Boxing Day &New Year’s Day S. Yorkshire Boxing Day S. Yorkshire Boxing Day Tyne-Tees Boxing Day N. Yorks Boxing Day N. Yorks Boxing Day Dorset Christmas N. Yorks Christmas Tayside New Year’s Eve Grampian New Year’s Eve Before Christmas to New Year’s Day


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