May Fair 2017 - Leominster, Herefordshire.

Leominster, Herefordshire. 27th April 2017. Between 1199AD and 1350AD about 1500 charters were issued in England for towns to hold markets and fairs. Recorded as far back as 1282AD, Leominster continues like many other market towns to host an annual fair, continuing the ancient tradition.
Danters Fun Fair runs fairs in Leominster and Ledbury at the same time, which then meet up and travel to the city of Hereford.

British Tradition - Leominster Morris' Twelfth Night/Epiphany Wassail - Eardisland, Herefordshire, UK

The Tram Inn, Eardisley, Herefordshire, UK. 6/7/2017. Members of the Leominster Morris folk dance group take part in a torch lit Twelfth Night Wassailing ceremony and Mummers play, on the Epiphany, also widely known as Three Kings Day, or even Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos.
The Christian holiday is typically celebrated 12 days after the Christmas in the Gregorian calendar, and serves, traditionally, to commemorate the baptism of Jesus. The holiday was also associated with the three kings' visit to the Christ child.
Epiphany is used to describe the final day of the 12-day Christmas celebrations, as well as the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is celebrated globally within the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox faiths. Countries, from Mexico and Switzerland to Germany and Spain, observe the religious holiday.