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Tag: Hocktide

6 May 2020 – Dandelion Time
May 6 2020

6 May 2020 – Dandelion Time

Today I’ve been telling time via dandelion. Although this method of horticultural horology is notoriously unreliable (according to my mother, I used to get very…

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21 April 2020 – Tutti Day
Apr 21 2020

21 April 2020 – Tutti Day

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…

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20 April 2020 – Hock Monday
Apr 20 2020

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…

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19 April 2020 – Quasimodo Sunday
Apr 19 2020

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,…

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17 April 2020 – The Friday Before Hocktide
Apr 17 2020

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…

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