Customs

Sunday 27 June

Sun 27 Jun from 14:30
Custom

Holywell National Pilgrimage to St Winefride’s Well

St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, Flintshire
- Blessing
- Procession

Monday 28 June

Tuesday 29 June

Folklore from the old calendars

Beltan fires on St Peter’s Day at Loudoun No longer kept AyrshireThe minister of Loudoun in Ayrshire told the Statistical Account of Scotland in 1792 that the herds and young people still kindled fires on the high ground in honour of Beltan.
Carrying off the flower of the wake No longer kept NorthumberlandBrand was told that about fifty years before he wrote, the people of Northumberland villages carried firebrands of some kind about their fields on the night of St Peter.
The fishermen’s St Peter’s Day at Gisborough No longer kept YorkshireAn old account of the lordship of Gisborough in Cleveland and the neighbouring coast describes the feast the fishermen kept on St Peter's Day, the day of the fishermen's saint.
St Peter’s Day at Sandwick No longer kept OrkneyThe minister of Sandwick in Orkney reported in the 1790s that his parish church had been dedicated to St Peter, and that the people still marked the saint's day, 29 June.
St Peter’s Day fair at Thurso No longer kept CaithnessOf the four yearly fairs granted to Thurso by its charter, only the one on St Peter's Day, 29 June, was still kept at the end of the eighteenth century.
Keys on the wrists on St Peter’s Night Lore and belief WalesOn St Peter's Night unmarried Welsh women tied a small key to each wrist, folded their hands in prayer in bed and repeated two verses from the first chapter of Ruth nine times.

Thursday 1 July

Friday 2 July

Saturday 3 July

Sat 3 Jul from 12:00
Custom

Sma’ Shot Day

Sets off from Abbey Close, Paisley, Renfrewshire

Sunday 4 July New moon

Folklore from the old calendars

St Martin of Bullion’s Day Lore and belief Scotland4 July keeps the moving of St Martin's remains to the cathedral of Tours, and in Scotland it was called St Martin of Bullion's Day.
The Fairlop Oak Fair No longer kept EssexOn the first Friday in July a fair grew up round the Fairlop Oak in Hainault Forest, a tree said to measure thirty-six feet round.
Reed Day at Farnborough No longer kept KentOn the Sunday after St Peter's Day the porch of Farnborough church was strewn with reeds, and a sermon was preached under the will of George Dalton, dated 1556.
Whalton’s bonfire on Old Midsummer Eve Still kept NorthumberlandWhalton in Northumberland lit its Midsummer fire on 4 July, Midsummer Eve in the Old Style.
The Weston Favell wake No longer kept NorthamptonshireThe wake of Weston Favell, near Northampton, began on the Sunday after St Peter's Day with a special sermon and psalms that drew crowds from the neighbouring villages.
Claybrooke wake after St Peter’s Day No longer kept LeicestershireClaybrooke in Leicestershire kept its wake on the Sunday after St Peter's Day, St Peter being the patron of the church.

Sun 4 Jul from 18:30
Custom

Whalton Baal Fire

Sets off from Whalton village green, Northumberland

Monday 5 July

Mon 5 Jul from 11:00
Custom

Tynwald Day

Tynwald Hill, St John's, Isle of Man

Tuesday 6 July

Wednesday 7 July

Thursday 8 July

Friday 9 July

Saturday 10 July

Sat 10 Jul from 08:30
Custom

Durham Miners’ Gala

Sets off from The Racecourse, Durham, County Durham
- Procession
Sat 10 Jul from 15:00
Custom

Grasmere Rushbearing

St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria

Monday 12 July

Thursday 15 July

Saturday 17 July

Sunday 18 July Buck Moon

Tuesday 20 July

Wednesday 21 July

Thursday 22 July

Saturday 24 July

Sunday 25 July

Folklore from the old calendars

The Mutton Pie at Cliffe No longer kept KentSt James's Day was reckoned the day oysters came in, and Hone records the vulgar belief that whoever ate oysters on it would never want money.
Knill’s Games at St Ives Still kept CornwallJohn Knill of St Ives left the income of an estate to trustees to pay for prizes in racing, rowing and wrestling, to be held every fifth year for ever round the mausoleum he built in 1782 on a high rock near the town.
Hops before St James’s Day Lore and belief HerefordshireAmong the folk lore of St James's Day Chambers gives a Herefordshire saying about the county's hop crop.
Garlands on the Graves on St James’s Day No longer kept LondonThe Argus newspaper of August 1790 reported that on St James's Day, which had fallen on a Sunday, crowds went to St James's churchyard to honour the graves of their friends.
St James’s oysters Lore and belief LondonOysters came in in London on St James's Day, Old Style, and it was believed that whoever ate oysters on that day would never want for money all the year.
London against Westminster on St James’s Day No longer kept LondonThe citizens of London held a yearly public wrestling trial on St James's Day.
St James’s Fair forborn No longer kept LondonA fair was held every year at St James's in Westminster on or about 25 July, St James's Day.

Customs

Sunday 27 June

Holywell National Pilgrimage to St Winefride’s Well

Monday 28 June

Tuesday 29 June

Thursday 1 July

Friday 2 July

Saturday 3 July

Sma’ Shot Day

Sunday 4 July New moon

Whalton Baal Fire

Monday 5 July

Tynwald Day

Tuesday 6 July

Wednesday 7 July

Thursday 8 July

Friday 9 July

Saturday 10 July

Durham Miners’ Gala

Grasmere Rushbearing

Monday 12 July

Thursday 15 July

Saturday 17 July

Sunday 18 July Buck Moon

Tuesday 20 July

Wednesday 21 July

Thursday 22 July

Saturday 24 July

Sunday 25 July

Monday 26 July

Image credits

Sunday 27 June

Holywell National Pilgrimage to St Winefride’s Well

Monday 28 June

Tuesday 29 June

Thursday 1 July

Friday 2 July

Saturday 3 July

Sma’ Shot Day

Sunday 4 July🌑 New moon

Whalton Baal Fire

Monday 5 July

Tynwald Day

Tuesday 6 July

Wednesday 7 July

Thursday 8 July

Friday 9 July

Saturday 10 July

Durham Miners’ Gala

Grasmere Rushbearing

Monday 12 July

Thursday 15 July

Saturday 17 July

Sunday 18 July🌕 Buck Moon

Tuesday 20 July

Wednesday 21 July

Thursday 22 July

Saturday 24 July

Sunday 25 July

Monday 26 July

Image credits

Sunday 4 July New moon

Sunday 18 July Buck Moon