Animal Customs
Beasts in custom and belief: hunting the wren, telling the bees, blessing the animals and the creatures of the old calendar.
Customs
Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon
Monday 9 November New moon
Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon
Wednesday 9 December New moon
Thursday 24 December Cold Moon
Saturday 26 December
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Sat 26 Dec 10:30 12:00
Thursday 31 December
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Thu 31 Dec from 22:00
Wednesday 6 January
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Wed 6 Jan All day
Custom
Llanfihangel Tor y Mynydd Mari Lwyd
Star on the Hill, Llanfihangel Tor y Mynydd, Monmouthshire
Thursday 7 January New moon
Friday 15 January
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Fri 15 Jan All day
Saturday 16 January
- Sat 16 Jan Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
Sunday 17 January
- Sun 17 Jan Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
Friday 22 January Wolf Moon
Saturday 23 January
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Sat 23 Jan 12:30 18:00
Saturday 6 February New moon
Saturday 20 February Snow Moon
Monday 8 March New moon
Monday 22 March Worm Moon
Tuesday 6 April New moon
Tuesday 20 April Pink Moon
Saturday 24 April
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Sat 24 Apr from 12:00
Saturday 1 May
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Sat 1 May from 10:00
Thursday 6 May New moon
Tuesday 18 May
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Tue 18 May from 10:00
Thursday 20 May Flower Moon
Friday 4 June New moon
Saturday 19 June Strawberry Moon
Sunday 4 July New moon
Sunday 18 July Buck Moon
Monday 2 August New moon
Tuesday 17 August Sturgeon Moon
Saturday 28 August
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Sat 28 Aug All day
Sunday 29 August
- Sun 29 Aug Ould Lammas Fair
Monday 30 August
- Mon 30 Aug Ould Lammas Fair
Tuesday 31 August New moon
- Tue 31 Aug Ould Lammas Fair
Monday 6 September
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Mon 6 Sep 08:00 16:00
Wednesday 15 September Harvest Moon
Saturday 25 September
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Sat 25 Sep from 10:00
Sunday 26 September
- Sun 26 Sep Masham Sheep Fair
Thursday 30 September New moon
Friday 1 October
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Fri 1 Oct All day
Custom, day 1 of 10
Nottingham Goose Fair
Sets off from Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Saturday 2 October
- Sat 2 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Sunday 3 October
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Sun 3 Oct All day
- Sun 3 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Monday 4 October
- Mon 4 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Mon 4 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Tuesday 5 October
- Tue 5 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Tue 5 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Wednesday 6 October
- Wed 6 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Wed 6 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Thursday 7 October
- Thu 7 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Thu 7 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Friday 8 October
- Fri 8 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Fri 8 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Saturday 9 October
- Sat 9 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Sat 9 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Sunday 10 October
- Sun 10 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Sun 10 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Wednesday 13 October
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Wed 13 Oct 09:00 21:00
Friday 15 October Hunter’s Moon
Thursday 21 October
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Thu 21 Oct 18:00 22:00
Friday 22 October
- Fri 22 Oct Yarm Fair
Saturday 23 October
- Sat 23 Oct Yarm Fair