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PostSubject: Padstow Hobby Horse, Cornwall   Padstow Hobby Horse, Cornwall Icon_minipostedMon 12 Nov 2007, 3:01 am
Padstow Hobby Horse, Cornwall
The festival starts at midnight in the early hours of Mayday. The actual Hobby Horse is a hoop covered with black material with an African mask, and a horses head with snapping jaws. A man stands inside the hoop and the procession parades around the town. The festival has ancient origins.
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