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Saturday 30 January

Born on this day: Kevin Danaher (1913) and Paddy Keenan (1950)

Folklore from the old calendars

The Calves’ Head Club No longer kept LondonA club of republicans was said to mark 30 January, the day Charles I was executed, with a mocking feast of calves' heads.
Raffling for Oranges at Newark No longer kept NottinghamshireA Newark correspondent wrote to Hone in 1825 of a custom he had never heard of elsewhere.
The lesson for the thirtieth of January Lore and belief EnglandThe second lesson that the Prayer Book calendar appointed for 30 January told of the trial of Christ.

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What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore

Saturday 30 January

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