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Events in Lincolnshire

Haxey Hood Game

An event in January in Lincolnshire
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Event begins: 30th November -0001
Haxey Hood Game ends on 30th November -0001
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Dating back to the 14th century, this event takes place on 6th January each year in North Lincolnshire.

Unsurprisingly, it involves pubs, four of them, and there's a 'hood' which is pushed or pulled in a sort of rugby scrum by the locals to one of the pubs, where it stays until next year.

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