The Armchair Treasure Hunt Club
Competition Series II No 3

By Ann Hughes

This competition closed on 31 August 2006. Congratulations to Nikki Bennett who won a one year club membership.

BRITISH FOLK CUSTOMS

Find the four places associated with the following.

1. During April, at a very worthy village auction, a piece of land is sold by candlelight! Followed by a supper of bread, cheese and watercress.
   
   ANSWER: Stowell Mead, Tatworth, Somerset
   
   
2. A Feast of Oysters in the Moot Hall? Ask the Mayor of this town on September 1st.
   
   ANSWER: Colchester, Essex
   
   
3. A traditional custom where all these souls hunt a duck! Not as often as they used to. Once an annual ceremony, on January 14th. ‘Let’s dabble, duck and dive in a bowl’.
   
   ANSWER: All Souls College, Oxford
   
   
4. Leaving the pub, beware this old beast and his Teaser! It’s the first merry morning of May.
   
   ANSWER: Padstow, Cornwall
   

See also the previous competition.

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