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A hunt with a difference

on May 13, 2009 10:41 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

It's not just the people of Gloucestershire who do weird things. Devonians can obviously rival them.

A quick glance at my Curious Country Customs book highlights the Hunting of the Earl of Rone festival, which starts this year on May 22.

It involves, among other things, men dressed as grenadiers, a donkey, and a 'drowning'... 

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