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West Cornwall May Day celebrations: West Cornwall: Revived since 2001 in St Ives and since 2008 in Penzance: 1 May Guise dancing: Throughout Cornwall: Still practised in some places including the Montol Festival in Penzance: Christmas through to Twelfth Night and Plough Monday: Paul Feast † Paul, Mousehole and Newlyn: Continuously celebrated
Throughout the day, the two parades, led by the "MC" [clarification needed] in his top hat and decorated stick, followed by a band of accordions and drums, then the 'Oss and the Teaser, with a host of people, the "Mayers" – all singing the "Morning Song" [2] – pass along the streets of the town. Finally, late in the evening, the two 'osses ...
The West Cornwall May Day celebrations are an example of folk practices found in the western part of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, associated with the coming of spring. The celebration of May Day is a common motif throughout Europe and beyond. In Cornwall there are a number of notable examples of this practice including the Obby Oss in ...
A cattery is any building, collection of buildings or property in which cats are housed, maintained, cared for, and bred. A cattery can be anything from a simple building associated with a residence to a state-of-the-art facility with CCTV, televisions, and water features. There are two general types of catteries: cat boarding and cat breeding.
Large red apples similar to the "Allan" apples popular in West Cornwall during Allantide An Allantide game made in 2009. Allantide (Cornish: Kalan Gwav, meaning first day of winter, or Nos Kalan Gwav, meaning eve of the first day of winter and Dy' Halan Gwav, meaning day of the first day of winter), also known as Saint Allan's Day or the Feast of Saint Allan, [1] is a Cornish festival that was ...
West Cornwall may refer to: United States. West Cornwall, Connecticut; West Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County; West Cornwall district, Cornwall, Vermont; United Kingdom. West Cornwall (UK region) West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), created in 1832 and abolished in 1885
Not yet on the 2024-25 hunting calendar, although likely soon to be, are dates and rules for next spring’s wild turkey season. Proposals for the 2025 spring season were handed to the eight ...
Mummer's Day, or "Darkie Day" as it is sometimes known (a corruption of the original Darking Day), is a traditional Cornish midwinter celebration that occurs every year on Boxing Day and New Year's Day in Padstow, Cornwall.