English traditions

thumb|upright=1.35|Dancing around the midsummer pole, in Åmmeberg, Sweden A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.

annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester, England

spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday

Light fruit cake with two layers of almond paste or marzipan, one in the middle and one on top, that is toasted and eaten during the Easter period

folk play

recurring rowing event in Henley-on-Thames, UK

annual celebration of sports and games

annual medieval football game played in Ashbourne, England

annual celebration held on 21 October

ceremony

sailing regatta

1998 novel by Julian Barnes

British coven

tradition practised in some parts of rural England in which wells, springs and other water sources are decorated with designs created from flower petals