Holidays and Carnivals

he day first became associated with romantic love within thecircle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, when the traditionof courtly love flourished.

a common feature to alesser or greater extent was for a plough to be hauled from house to house in a procession,collecting money. They were often accompanied by musicians, an old woman or a boydressed as an old woman, called the "Bessy," and a man in the role of the "fool."

As a result of this tradition, most mothers were reunited with their children on Monday when youngapprentices and young women in service were released by theirmasters for that weekend.

It involved children fromAppleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holdingsports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall.The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by thethen headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s.