3. The annual wacky race
Hurling down a hill
Impossible to remain standing
Seven or eight pound wheel of locally made Double
Gloucester cheese
Participants on
Cooper`s Hill
Spectators are tumbled
over
4. Villagers of Shebbear in Devon
A stone under an acient oak tree
Weighing about 1 tonne
Legends abuot the stone
Has been moved away
from Shebbear
Mysteriously keeps
returning
The devil is under
the stone
6. At Whittlesey
Is paraded around the town
Host of dancers and musicians
A man in a straw
costume
Since the 19th
century
7. Custom- komme; tava
Well- kaev
Spring- allikas
Flower petals- lille kroonlehed
Mosses- samblad
Seeds- seemned
Pagan tradition- paganlik traditsioon
Purity of water- vee puhtus
During the Black Death- katku ajal
8. A summer custom
Wells, springs or other water sources
Pagan tradition
Purity of the water
During the Black Death
From Tissington,
Derbishire in 1349
Natural materials
Flower petals, mosses,
beans and seeds