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Francis Young

The Spectator

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Hocktide / The Easter tradition of women taking men hostage

In a few communities in Victorian England, there was a custom of men tying women to chairs with ribbons on Easter Monday and lifting them up, all the...

06.04.2026 10

The Spectator

Francis Young

The Easter tradition of women taking men hostage

In a few communities in Victorian England, there was a custom of men tying women to chairs with ribbons on Easter Monday and lifting them up, all the...

06.04.2026 10

The Spectator

Francis Young

The ancient tradition of burning a Yule Log

24.12.2025 10

The Spectator

Francis Young

Field day / What could be better than an English county show?

03.06.2025 10

The Spectator

Francis Young