After singing in the pubs from lunchtime and the Fool’s speech, a huge scrum called the Sway pushes a leather tube, the hood, across the fields towards whichever pub its supporters favour. That pub keeps the hood for the year, and the game often runs into the evening.
Haxey Hood
Every year on 6 January, or the Saturday before when that is a Sunday ยท From 14:30
Next
Wednesday 6 January 2027, From 14:30
Free
Where
St Nicholas Church
The Fool speaks from the stone by the church, the game is played in the field behind it, and the Sway pushes the hood to one of four pubs: the Kings Arms, Duke William or Loco in Haxey, or the Carpenters Arms in Westwoodside.
Church StreetHaxey
Lincolnshire
DN9 2HY
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