Customs

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.

Monday 2 August New moon

Wednesday 4 August

Thursday 5 August

Friday 6 August

Monday 9 August

Tuesday 10 August

Friday 13 August

Fri 13 Aug 09:00 18:00
Custom

The Burryman

Staghead Hotel, South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh

Sunday 15 August

Monday 16 August

Tuesday 17 August Sturgeon Moon

Wednesday 18 August

Saturday 21 August

Sat 21 Aug from 14:00
Custom

Cilgerran Coracle Races

Sets off from River Teifi at Dolbadau, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire
- Custom game
- Sports and Games

Tuesday 24 August

Folklore from the old calendars

The Croyland Knives No longer kept LincolnshireBecause St Bartholomew was flayed alive, a knife became his emblem.
Strewing Rushes at Dorrington No longer kept LincolnshireOn St Bartholomew's Day at Dorrington, near Sleaford, maidens in their best clothes used to walk in procession to a small chapel in the parish and strew its floor with rushes.
The Scholars’ Disputation on Bartholomew Eve No longer kept London, YorkshireA correspondent from Morley, near Leeds, reminded Hone of a custom little noticed by antiquaries: on the eve of St Bartholomew scholars from different schools met for disputation, to try their proficiency in learning, as Stow and the astrologer Lilly both mention.
Rabbits for the Boys at Bartholomew-tide No longer kept LondonThe German traveller Hentzner, in England in 1598, wrote that every year on St Bartholomew's Day, when the fair was held, the mayor with the twelve principal aldermen walked in a neighbouring field, in his scarlet gown with a gold chain about his neck.
Bartholomew Pig and Fairings No longer kept LondonBy the time of Ben Jonson's comedy of 1614 Bartholomew Fair had lost nearly all its trading character and was given over to eating, drinking and amusement, and it had become an established custom to eat roast pig there.
St Bartholomew’s Dusty Mantle Lore and belief EnglandSt Bartholomew's Day falls forty days after St Swithin's, when the forty days of rain promised by a wet St Swithin's Day should be over.
Shooting at the Standard in Finsbury Fields No longer kept LondonStow wrote that before his time the lord mayor, sheriffs and aldermen of London used to go out at Bartholomew-tide into the fields at Finsbury, where the citizens had gathered, and shoot at the standard with broad and flight arrows for games.
Beggar’s Bush Fair at Rye No longer kept SussexRye held a small pedlars' fair at Beggar's Bush on St Bartholomew's Day, and chose its mayor on the same day.
Lee Fair and its disputations No longer kept YorkshireThe great fair at Lee, in Woodkirk parish near Leeds, ended on St Bartholomew's Day.
The sunflower, a star for Bartholomew Lore and belief EnglandThe sunflower, in full bloom by late August, was given to St Bartholomew as his star.
Butter and cheese at Bartlemytide No longer kept CambridgeshireAt Bartholomewtide, or at Stourbridge Fair near Cambridge, the farmer bought what his house needed for repairs and sold his butter and cheese.
Jack Pudding and gape-seed at Bartholomew Fair No longer kept LondonAt Bartholomew Fair in Smithfield, crowds watched Jack Pudding the clown do his tricks while cutpurses went through their pockets.

Monday 26 July

Tuesday 27 July

Friday 30 July

Langholm Common Riding

Saturday 31 July

Sunday 1 August

Monday 2 August🌑 New moon

Wednesday 4 August

Thursday 5 August

Friday 6 August

Monday 9 August

Tuesday 10 August

Friday 13 August

The Burryman

Sunday 15 August

Monday 16 August

Tuesday 17 August🌕 Sturgeon Moon

Wednesday 18 August

Saturday 21 August

Cilgerran Coracle Races

Tuesday 24 August

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Monday 2 August New moon

Tuesday 17 August Sturgeon Moon