This list was extracted from Brian’s book, Traditional Customs of Britain, Webb & Bower, 1985, some of the events may no longer happen and dates may change for various reasons, some will not happen on Sundays for instance so you must check before quoting (or attending!) anything in this list. Not all are open to the public and some may require tickets or prior arrangement. It is reproduced here for your convenience. We do not have pictures of all these events, those we do are linked to.
Lonach Highland Gathering (Strathdon)
Swinging the Fireballs (Stonehaven)
Wilkes Walk (Leighton Buzzard)
Hock Tide Ceremony / Tuttimen (Hungerford)
Christingle (St Mary Redcliffe)
Christmas Crib (St Mary Redcliffe)
Harvest Festival (St Mary Redcliffe)
Rush Sunday (St Mary Redcliffe)
Tuppenny Starvers (St Michael-on-the-Mount Without)
Fenny Poppers (Fenny Stratford)
Weighing The Mayor (High Wycombe)
John Clare Day Cushion Ceremony (Helpston)
World Conker Championship (Ashton, nr Oundle)
National Eisteddfod of Wales (Aberystwyth)
High Spen Rapper Sword Dancers (at Chester)
NW Morris: Leyland Morris (at Knutsford)
NW Morris: Manchester Morris (at Knutsford)
NW Morris: Manley Morris (at Chester)
NW Morris: Ringheye Morris (at Knutsford)
Royal May Day/ Sanding (Knutsford)
Shakespeare Morris
Sword Dancing (Loftus, at Chester)
Bolster Day (Chapel Porth)
Gorsedd Kerno (Bude and Roche)
Hurling the Silver Ball (St Columb Major)
Hurling the Silver Ball (St Ives)
Mazey Day / Golowan Festival (Penzance)
‘Silver Ball’ Pub Sign (St Columb)
Stargazy Pie/Tom Bocock’s Eve (Mousehole)
Easter Flowers (Barrow-in-Furness)
Good Luck for School-leavers (Dalton-in-Furness)
Uppies & Downies Football (Workington)
Maiden's Garland (Ashford-in-the-Water)
Royal Shrovetide Football (Ashbourne)
Winster Morris Dancers at Wakes Week
Well Dressing (all Derbyshire)
Well Dressing (Ashford in the Water including construction)
Well Dressing (Tissington including construction and service)
Boxing Day Swim (Teignmouth)
Cheese & Onion Fayre (Newton Abbot)
Folk Festival (Sidmouth)
Pretty Maid / St Peter’s Fair (Holsworthy)
Tar Barrel Rolling (Ottery St Mary)
Town Criers’ Contest (Newton Abbot)
Turning the Devil's Stone (Shebbear)
Purbeck Marblers & Stonecutters Annual Meeting (Corfe)
Flounder Tramping (Dalbeattie)
The Ball Game / Shrovetide Football (Sedgefield)
Sir William Wallace Free Colliers / Pinkie Men (Falkirk)
Mari Lwyd (Pencoed)
National Eisteddfod of Wales (Neath 1993)
Border Morris (Stow-on-the-Wold)
Cheese Rolling (Cooper’s Hill, Brockworth)
Morris Dancing (Chipping Campden)
Scuttlebrook Wake (Chipping Campden)
Torchlight Procession (Chipping Campden)
Knighthood Of The Old Green (Southampton)
Maiden’s Garland (Abbotts Ann)
Mumming Play (Crookham Village)
St Swithun’s Day Service (Winchester Cathedral)
Verderer’s Court (Lyndhurst, New Forest)
Wayfarer’s Dole (St Cross, Winchester)
Boy Bishop (Hereford Cathedral)
Wassailing the Apple Trees (Pembridge)
Bakers & Sweeps Football (Waltham Cross)
Highland Games (Arisaig)
St Mary’s Clootie Well (Culloden)
St Boniface Clootie Well (Munlochy)
Apprentice Boys March (Londonderry)
Auld Lammas Fair (Ballycastle, Co Antrim)
Cemetery Sunday (Monasterboice, Co Louth)
Cemetery Sunday (Termonmaguire, Co Tyrone)
Hunting the Wren (Caherciveen, Co Kerry)
Matchmaking (Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare)
May Bank Holiday (Holywood, Co Down)
Puck Fair (Killorglin, Co Kerry)
Reek Sunday Pilgrimage (Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo)
St Patricks Day (Dublin, Belfast)
Straw Boys / Armagh Rhymers (in Co Tyrone)
Chulkhurst Charity / Biddenden Dole (Biddenden)
Maypole Dancing (Wickhambreaux)
Britannia Coconut Dancers (Bacup)
Easter Carol Singing (Market Harborough)
Hare Pie Scramble & Bottle Kicking (Hallaton)
Good Friday Bridge Sermon (Crowland)
Baddeley Cake (Drury Lane Theatre)
Blessing The Crib (Trafalgar Square)
Blessing The Throats (St Etheldreda, Ely Place, Holborn)
Bluecoat March (Christ’s Hospital School)
Bounds Beating (Tower of London)
Butterworth Charity (St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield)
Carol Singing (West London around Hammersmith)
Charles I Commemoration (Trafalgar Square)
Chelsea Hospital Founder's Day
Christmas Day Swim (Serpentine, Hyde Park)
Constable’s Dues (Tower of London)
Doggett’s Coat & Badge Race (River Thames)
Druid Spring Equinox (Tower Hill)
Easter Parade (Battersea Park)
Easter Procession on Good Friday (Westminster)
Fair (Battersea)
Farthing Bundles (Fern Street Settlement)
Fireworks after the Lord Mayor's Show
Fish Harvest Festival (St Mary at Hill, Billingsgate)
Founders Day (Friern Barnet School)
Harness Horse Parade (Regent’s Park / Battersea Park)
Lord Chancellor's Breakfast (Westminster)
Punch’s Birthday (Covent Garden)
Red Feather Day (Sir John Cass School EC3)
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
The Widow's Bun (Bromley-by-Bow)
Trafalgar Day
Fishermen's Walk (Musselburgh)
New Year’s Day Swim / Loony Dook (Queensferry)
Blessing the Salmon Nets (Norham)
Dunting the Freeholder (Newbiggin-by-the-Sea)
Jury Day & Court Leet (Laxton)
Royal Maundy Service (Southwell Minster)
Boy Ploughmen (St Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay)
Garland Day (Charlton on Otmoor)
Morris Dancing (Headington Quarry)
Mumming Play (Headington Quarry)
Blanket Preaching (St Mary’s Loch, Borders)
Jethart Ba' Street Football (Jedburgh)
Shropshire Bedlams / Border Morris (Aston on Clun)
Bridgwater Carnival / Squibbing
Burning the Ashen Faggot (Dunster)
Punky Night (Hinton St George)
Highland Games (Bridge of Allan)
Dicing for the Maid's Money (Guildford)
Jack in the Green Festival (Hastings)
Apple Howling (West Grinstead)
Carpet of Flowers / Corpus Christi (Arundel)
Topping Out Ceremony (South Harting)
World Marbles Championship (Tinsley Green)
High Spen Rapper Sword Dancers
Cyclists’ Service (Meriden)
Handsworth Carnival (Birmingham)
Duck Feast (Charlton St Peter)
Grovely Day / Oak Apple Day (Great Wishford)
Kiplingcotes Derby (nr Market Weighton)
Blessing the Crib (Ripon Cathedral)
Gooseberry Contest (Egton Bridge)
Shrovetide Skipping (Scarborough)
Mumming Play ; Bradshaw Mummers
Raising the Maypole (Barwick-in-Elmet)
General (could be anywhere)
