Customs

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.

Monday 26 July

Tuesday 27 July

Friday 30 July

Fri 30 Jul from 05:00
Custom

Langholm Common Riding

Sets off from Market Place, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway

Saturday 31 July

Sunday 1 August

Lammas

Folklore from the old calendars

Lammas in the old calendars 11 entriesLammas Towers, The Exeter Lammas Glove, St Wilfrid’s Feast at Ripon, Lammas, the Loaf-Mass, Glove Silver, At Latter Lammas, A live lamb for York Minster, Up Snaefell and Barrule on the first Sunday of August, Lammas, called August’s Wheel, The feast round Hitchingstone, Geese with straws on Lammas Day
Doggett’s Coat and Badge Still kept LondonThomas Dogget, a Dublin-born comic actor and a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, gave a waterman's coat and silver badge to be rowed for on 1 August 1715, the first anniversary of George I's accession, and at his death left money to keep the prize going for ever.
Burning Fern for Rain Lore and belief Scotland, StaffordshireA letter of 1 August 1636 from the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery to the high sheriff of Staffordshire said that the king was about to pass through the county.
Swimming the Cattle in Westmeath No longer kept LeinsterSir Henry Piers, describing County Westmeath in 1682, wrote that on the first Sunday in harvest, that is in August, the people were sure to drive their cattle into some pool or river and swim them.

Customs

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

Tuesday 27 July

Friday 30 July

Langholm Common Riding

Saturday 31 July

Sunday 1 August

Monday 2 August New moon

Image credits

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

Tuesday 27 July

Friday 30 July

Langholm Common Riding

Saturday 31 July

Sunday 1 August

Monday 2 August🌑 New moon

Image credits

Sunday 4 July New moon

Sunday 18 July Buck Moon

Monday 2 August New moon