The English Year

"The English Year" is a lavishly illustrated month-by-month day-by-day guide to all the customs and festivals of England from the national celebrations to herald the new year down to small local traditions such as the Minehead Hobby Horse or Duck Racing in Oxfordshire. If you want to know where you can get free bread and beer on any day of the year; if you want to know where Mayday comes from or why you should protect yourself on Mischief Night; or why the English go in for all kinds of arcane celebrations but cant be bothered with St Georges Day - this the book for you.