HISTORY : 
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Oak
Apple Day - 29th May
"Early in the morning of 29th May, residents are woken by an
excited crowd making its way to forest, where an oak bough is removed,
decorated
and then hanged from the tower of St Giles' Church..."
(BBC)
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Oak
Apple Day
"Many people used to wear oak-apple leaves in their lapels or
hats and decorate their front doors on Oak Apple Day."
(woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
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Oak
Apple Day - Royal Oak Day, 29th May
"The wearing of a sprig of oak commemorates Charles II's triumphant
re-entry into London at the Restoration, and his hiding from the roundheads
in the Boscobel Oak..."
- Oak Apple Day at Guildhall, Worcester
- Castleton Garland Day, Derbyshire.
- Grovely Rights Day, Great Wishford, Wilts
- Well Dressing in Derbyshire & neighbouring counties
(england-in-particular.info)
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Oak Apple
Day (Wikipedia)
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The
Oak Apple Figure
"This unusual statue was once the centrepiece for a drunken celebration
at Tong Fold in Bolton. The occasion was Oak Apple Day, once a national
commemoration of the Restoration of King Charles II..."
(boltonmuseums.org.uk)
- Fancy
Dress (cambridgebeerfestival.com)
"Celebrating Oak Apple Day on the Friday evening - Fancy dress
theme of Cavaliers and Wenches...
"In some parts of the country, the day was also known as Shick-Shack
Day or Arbour Day.
In 1660, Parliament declared 29th May a public holiday:
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"Parliament had ordered the 29 of May,
the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving
for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his
Government, he entering London that day."
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