If you like getting crafty, and joining in big games with people in your local area, then you'll love the Haxey Hood. It's a ...

Schoolchildren are reviving part of a centuries old annual tradition by making hats for a village game. The Haxey Hood has ...

One of North Lincolnshire's oldest traditions has made its annual return - the Haxey Hood. The unique game involves groups of ...

HAXEY, England (Reuters) - Boozy pub goers from two English villages dived into the mud and resumed their centuries-old scrap for a meter-long leather tube in the annual Haxey Hood challenge on Friday ...

Hundreds gathered in a Lincolnshire village for the annual Haxey Hood, one of England’s oldest folk traditions. The centuries ...

A centuries old local tradition is to be seen by a global television audience. The Haxey Hood game has been played by the North Lincolnshire villages of Haxey and Westwoodside since the 14th Century.

The Fool of the Haxey Hood, James Chatwin, is trying to bring back an old tradition from decades ago where primary aged ...

Folklore is a fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics. It is one of the earliest English-language journals in the field of folkloristics, first published as The ...

The event features a fool, as well as characters known as The Lord and Chief Boggin [ADAM VAUGHAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock] A centuries old local tradition is to be ...

Folklore is a fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics. It is one of the earliest English-language journals in the field of folkloristics, first published as The ...