tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post2617752049061929003..comments2024-02-28T08:49:26.228+00:00Comments on 'Feasts and Festivals': July 4th: Banbury Hobby Horse FairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-46796081955077274842010-07-04T10:11:54.903+01:002010-07-04T10:11:54.903+01:00haha! 'barques of frailty' were kept women...haha! 'barques of frailty' were kept women in Georgian England ...it's a great phrase and l wish I'd made it up, it just seemed to suit these fragile little tarts...(pun intended)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-57794527278513429302010-07-04T09:37:20.275+01:002010-07-04T09:37:20.275+01:00I love this post - and what a great phrase 'ba...I love this post - and what a great phrase 'barques of frailty' is.Charliehttp://eggsontheroof.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-91969641849582658892010-07-03T16:07:20.386+01:002010-07-03T16:07:20.386+01:00What, another one...!! Think that is sectioning ta...What, another one...!! Think that is sectioning talk!! XXXXJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874503421891617365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-1274013981597623832010-07-03T16:04:08.833+01:002010-07-03T16:04:08.833+01:00Oh wow ! I knew you'd be able to add loads - s...Oh wow ! I knew you'd be able to add loads - sounds like there's a PhD in there somewhere...<br />xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-41720648615214187762010-07-03T15:07:58.511+01:002010-07-03T15:07:58.511+01:00Other misc Hobby Horse info - there is also the Ho...Other misc Hobby Horse info - there is also the Hooden Horse of Kent,the Minehead Soulers' Horse (only recorded from 1830ish), and the Old Hoss of Padstow (although only recorded from 1803). There is also reference to a hobby horse in the Cornish play Beunas Meriasek (1504) - although the mention is in English. The earliest reference in England is 1460/1, in St Andrew Hubbard, London Churchwarden's accounts: ‘To Mayers child for dawnsyng wt ye hobye hors.’ Apparently the hobby horse was used for raising money for the church - church hobby horses tended to appear at New Year, municipal ones at Midsummer in pageants and parades. I could go on (!) – there may be a link with the name Robin – which leads us to Dobbin for a horse, and Robin Goodfellow (or Puck, Hobgoblin) – but apparently there is a whole book on Hobby Horses by E. C. Cawte (1978) so I won’t go on – BUT interestingly, when the Spanish raided Mount's Bay in 1595, when they burnt Paul church - or 'mosque' as they referred to it - they mentioned a wooden carved horse, greatly embellished, which they assumed was an idol worshipped by the people - but it would seem that it was actually a Hobby Horse.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874503421891617365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-57086525718778992462010-07-03T11:00:51.055+01:002010-07-03T11:00:51.055+01:00"Bake it according to the bignesse" love..."Bake it according to the bignesse" love that!!!<br /><br />Very interesting post Liz, thanks.Brownieville Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492647486930989408noreply@blogger.com