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Saturday 26 December

Boxing Day

Born on this day: Seán McGuire (1927)

• Sat 26 Dec 10:30 12:00

  Custom

  Hunt the Wren

  The Woodbourne, Douglas, Isle of Man

  • Dance
  • Procession
  • Boxing Day
  • Animal Customs
  
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• Sat 26 Dec 11:00 12:00

  Custom

  Marshfield Paper Boys

  Sets off from Market Place, Marshfield, Gloucestershire

  • Mumming play
  • Procession
  • Boxing Day
  • Christmas and New Year
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• Sat 26 Dec from 11:00

  Custom

  Grenoside Sword Dance

  Old Harrow Inn, Grenoside, South Yorkshire

  • Dance
  • Boxing Day
  • Christmas and New Year
  
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• Sat 26 Dec 11:00 16:00

  Custom

  Handsworth Sword Dance

  St Mary’s Church, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Dance
  • Boxing Day
  
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• Sat 26 Dec 11:15 14:15

  Custom

  Headington Quarry Boxing Day Mummers

  Masons Arms, Headington Quarry, Oxfordshire

  • Dance
  • Mumming play
  • Boxing Day
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• Sat 26 Dec 12:00 14:30

  Custom

  Crookham Mummers

  The Exchequer, Crookham Village, Hampshire

  • Mumming play
  • Boxing Day
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• Sat 26 Dec 14:00 15:00

  Custom

  Boxing Day Cammag at St John’s

  Tynwald Hill, St John's, Isle of Man

  • Custom game
  • Boxing Day
  • Sports and Games
  
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