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Thursday 15 October

Thu 15 Oct 14:00 23:00
Custom, day 6 of 8

Hull Fair

Walton Street Fairground, Hull, East Yorkshire
- Fair or wakes
Thu 15 Oct 18:00 22:00
Custom, day 1 of 3

Yarm Fair

Sets off from High Street, Yarm, North Yorkshire

Friday 16 October

Fri 16 Oct All day
Custom, day 3 of 4

Banbury Michaelmas Fair

Sets off from Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Fri 16 Oct Hull Fair day 7 of 8 · 14:00–23:00
Fri 16 Oct 17:00 22:00
Custom, day 1 of 2

Warwick Mop

Sets off from Market Place, Warwick, Warwickshire
Fri 16 Oct Yarm Fair day 2 of 3 · 18:00–22:00

Saturday 17 October

Sat 17 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair day 4 of 4 · All day
Sat 17 Oct from 12:00
Custom

Marlborough Big Mop

Sets off from High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Sat 17 Oct Hull Fair day 8 of 8 · 14:00–23:00
Sat 17 Oct Warwick Mop day 2 of 2 · 17:00–22:00
Sat 17 Oct Yarm Fair day 3 of 3 · 18:00–22:00
Sat 17 Oct 19:15 16:00
Custom

Hastings Borough Bonfire

Sets off from Beach opposite Pelham Crescent, Hastings, East Sussex
Sat 17 Oct from 19:15
Custom

Seaford Bonfire

Sets off from Martello Fields, Seaford, East Sussex
Sat 17 Oct from 19:30
Custom

Hailsham Bonfire

Sets off from Western Road Recreation Ground, Hailsham, East Sussex

Sunday 18 October

Folklore from the old calendars

The New Forest keepers’ offerings to St Luke No longer kept Gloucestershire, Hampshire, WiltshireAt St Luke's-tide the keepers and foresters of the New Forest came every year to St Luke's chapel at Stoke Verdon, in the parish of Broad Chalke, to make offerings for luck with their game, deer and cattle.
St Luke’s ointment Lore and belief EnglandThe chapbook Mother Bunch's Closet Newly Broke Open held that St Luke's Day was better than St Agnes's for seeing a future husband.
Whip-dog Day at York No longer kept YorkshireDrake wrote in his history of York that St Luke's Day was known in the city as Whip-dog Day, because the schoolboys whipped every dog they found in the streets.
Horn Fair No longer kept KentA three-day fair was held at Charlton on St Luke's Day, where visitors wore horns in their hats and rams' horns, horn toys and even horned gingerbread were sold.

Tuesday 20 October

Tue 20 Oct 15:00 23:00
Custom

Sloe Fair

Sets off from Northgate car park, Chichester, West Sussex
- Fair or wakes

Wednesday 21 October

Wed 21 Oct All day
Custom, day 1 of 5

Ilkeston Charter Fair

Sets off from Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- Fair or wakes
- Harvest and Hiring

Thursday 22 October

Thu 22 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair day 2 of 5 · All day