Today I’ve been picking my nosegay. It’s Hock Tuesday, another slightly dubious day where exchanging oranges for kisses and binding people with ropes was de…
20 April 2020 – Hock Monday
Today I resorted to using one of my emergency folklore backups. I have several rainy day ideas stuffed up my sleeve but hadn’t anticipated needing…
19 April 2020 – Quasimodo Sunday
Today’s adventure in folklore was difficult to pin down even though it’s Low Sunday, aka Little Easter Sunday, aka Hock Sunday, aka Balaam’s Ass Day,…
18 April 2020 – The Heffle Cuckoo Fair
Today I’ve been making a feather. A cuckoo feather. Because today was the date of the Heffle Cuckoo Fair, Heffle or Hefful, being the old…
17 April 2020 – The Friday Before Hocktide
Today I learnt that macaroni cheese, aka macrows, aka maccherone, has been around in England since c.1390. And that I suck at making it. It’s…