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Folklore of Shropshire

The year ahead

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Folklore from the old calendars

Chopping Sticks and Counting Hobnails Still kept London, ShropshireAt Michaelmas the new sheriffs of London went by barge to Westminster to be sworn in at the Court of Exchequer, where the City also paid two ancient quit rents.

Tuesday 9 February 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

Ludlow Rope-pulling No longer kept ShropshireOn Shrove Tuesday the Ludlow corporation handed a thick rope, thirty-six yards long, out of a window of the Market Hall at four o'clock.

Sunday 7 March 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

Shrewsbury simnels Still kept Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, ShropshireIn Shropshire and Herefordshire, and above all at Shrewsbury, rich simnel cakes were made in Lent and at Easter and Christmas.

Monday 29 March 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

Lifting at Easter No longer kept Cheshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, WarwickshireIn Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Shropshire, men lifted the women on Easter Monday and the women lifted the men on Easter Tuesday.

Sunday 30 May 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

The Shrewsbury Show No longer kept ShropshireThe Shrewsbury Show was the yearly procession of the town's guilds, held time out of mind on the second Monday after Trinity Sunday, near the feast of Corpus Christi.

Monday 19 July 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

The Sin-eater No longer kept Herefordshire, Shropshire, WalesAubrey recorded that in Herefordshire poor people were hired at funerals to take on the sins of the dead.

Friday 24 September 2027

Folklore from the old calendars

Crying the Mare No longer kept Hertfordshire, ShropshireIn Hertfordshire and Shropshire the reapers left the last few stalks standing and tied them up as the mare, then threw their sickles at it until one cut it down.

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