Hanging St Crispin at Tenby

On St Crispin’s Eve the people of Tenby made a stuffed figure of the saint and hung it from the church steeple or another high place. Next morning it was cut down and carried round the town, stopping at every shoemaker’s door to read out the saint’s mock will and leave an item of his clothing. When nothing was left, the stuffing was made into a football and kicked about. On St Clement’s Day the shoemakers answered by hanging up a figure of a carpenter.