Hundreds of people from two villages on the border of Yorkshire took part in one of the country’s oldest traditions. Haxey Hood sees crowds from the villages of Haxey and Westwoodside compete in a 14th century game by piling in to push a leather tube, known as a hood, back to their favourite local pub. It takes place in fields in the Isle of Axholme, between Doncaster and Scunthorpe, on the twelfth day of Christmas (January 6) each year. Teams from all four pubs on the route were involved this y
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🔴 The Haxey Hood 🔴 The Haxey Hood is a historic tradition held annually in the village of Haxey, North Lincolnshire. A tradition going back 700 years and attracting people to the region every January. Teams form a sway; tossing and turning for possession of a hood. Folklore has it that Lady de Mowbray, while riding near Haxey, lost her hood to the wind. A group of local farmworkers rushed to retrieve it, chasing the hood across the fields. Grateful for their efforts, Lady de Mowbray declared t
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