Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
May Day brings a peculiar spring ritual in Padstow, Cornwall. It begins at midnight on May first, when the villagers erect a May Pole and sing to awaken the Hobby Horse, or ‘Obby ‘Oss in the local dialect.
In the morning, the ‘Obby ‘Oss emerges. It consists of a large round platform supporting a black apron.
The man who carries the beast puts his head through a whole at the centre of the structure. He wears a mask with a tall pointed cap, a menacing otherworldly image. At…
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