Customs

Saturday 20 February Snow Moon

Sunday 21 February

Monday 22 February

Thursday 25 February

Friday 26 February

Saturday 27 February

Sat 27 Feb All day
Custom

Aberystwyth St David’s Day Parade (Parêd Gŵyl Dewi)

Sets off from Town Clock, Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
- Procession
- St David's Day
Sat 27 Feb All day
Custom

St Davids Day Dragon Parade, St Davids

Oriel y Parc, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
- Procession
- St David's Day
Sat 27 Feb from 11:00
Custom

Carmarthen St David’s Day Parade

St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
- Procession
- St David's Day

Monday 1 March

St David's Day

Folklore from the old calendars

St David's Day in the old calendars 11 entriesWearing the leek, Hanging Taffy, The Ancient Britons’ procession, Swig Day at Jesus College, Oats and barley in the clay, The serjeant-porter’s leek, The crows begin to search, The daffodil for St David, Gingerbread taffies on a goat, The leek and the field of Poictiers, Round the leek-bed on St David’s Eve
A peck of March dust Lore and belief EnglandMarch was expected to be a dry, blustery month, and its dust was welcomed because dry weather was wanted for sowing and planting.
Wetting the block No longer kept Berkshire, HampshireThe first Monday in March was when country shoemakers stopped working by candlelight, and they used to meet that evening to wet the block.
Leeks in Lide Lore and belief West CountryIn the West Country March was called Lide, and eating leeks that month was thought to keep the doctor away all year.
Whuppity Scoorie at Lanark Still kept LanarkshireWhen the Lanark town bell began its six months of nightly ringing in March, the young folk gathered at the cross for Whuppity Scoorie.
Blind Days in Devon Lore and belief DevonOld farmers in one Devon parish called the first three days of March the Blind Days, and no farmer would sow any seed on them.

Mon 1 Mar All day
Custom

St David’s Day Pilgrimage and Blessing of the City, St Davids

Sets off from Cross Square, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Mon 1 Mar All day
Custom

Wrexham St David’s Day Parade

Guildhall, Wrexham, Wrexham
- Procession
- St David's Day

Mon 1 Mar from 12:00
Custom

St David’s Day Parade, Cardiff

Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff, Cardiff
- Procession
- St David's Day
Mon 1 Mar from 18:00
Custom

Lanark Whuppity Scoorie

St Nicholas Parish Church, Lanark, South Lanarkshire

Tuesday 2 March

Wednesday 3 March

Friday 5 March

Sunday 7 March

Mothering Sunday

Monday 8 March New moon

Thursday 11 March

Friday 12 March

Saturday 13 March

Sunday 14 March

Folklore from the old calendars

Carlings on Carling Sunday Still kept Northern EnglandOn the second Sunday before Easter northern families ate carlings, grey peas soaked overnight and fried in butter.
The carling-groat No longer kept Northern EnglandAt carling time a northern drinker's carling-groat was the money he spent at the public-house, and in return the landlord set out the carlings free.
The gy-carling on Carling Sunday Lore and belief NorthumberlandOn the Borders people were told to eat carlings on Carling Sunday until they were too full for the gy-carling to get a grip of their belly.
Boys pelting with carlings No longer kept Northern EnglandIn the North the fifth Sunday in Lent was called Care, Carle or Carling Sunday, and the proper food was grey peas soaked overnight and fried in butter.
Whirlin Sunday and whirlin cakes No longer kept CambridgeshireIn the villages round Wisbech the fifth Sunday in Lent was kept as Whirlin Sunday, when almost every family baked whirlin cakes.

Tuesday 16 March

Wednesday 17 March

St Patrick's Day

Wed 17 Mar from 09:00
Custom

St Patrick’s Day Climb of Slemish

Sets off from Slemish car park, Broughshane, County Antrim
- Procession
- St Patrick's Day
Wed 17 Mar 12:00 16:00
Custom

Downpatrick St Patrick’s Day Parade

Sets off from Market Street, Downpatrick, County Down
- Procession
- St Patrick's Day

Saturday 20 February🌕 Snow Moon

Sunday 21 February

Monday 22 February

Thursday 25 February

Friday 26 February

Saturday 27 February

Monday 1 March

Tuesday 2 March

Wednesday 3 March

Friday 5 March

Sunday 7 March

Monday 8 March🌑 New moon

Thursday 11 March

Friday 12 March

Saturday 13 March

Sunday 14 March

Tuesday 16 March

Wednesday 17 March

Image credits

Saturday 20 February Snow Moon

Monday 8 March New moon