Source: Atlas Obscura
Each year on the second Sunday of September, a steam train brings a small painted block known as the “golden grid” to the station at the English town of Ramsbottom in Greater Manchester (historically in Lancashire).
Bagpipers then escort the grid to the Oaks pub, where it is placed on the ground. From this hallowed point, brave contestants will hurl black puddings at Yorkshire puddings.Anyone can compete in the World Black Pudding Throwing Championship. Pay £1 and you will receive three black puddings each wrapped in women’s tights to stop them from falling apart. This is your ammunition. Your target: Twelve Yorkshire puddings placed on top of a 20-foot-high scaffold. (A pudding primer: Black pudding is a type of blood sausage, while the Yorkshire…
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