Sid Porter, Chingy and Chunky still looking like proper characters. Great footage. It was really nice down there this year too. Seen loads of people I haven't seen in years. Great day.
@@Wotsitorlabart The Padstow Obby Oss tradition is widely held to be a survival of the Celtic celebrations at the spring equinox; May Day, welcoming back the sun and the growing season. This is why the village men gather greenery from the surrouding woods and bring it into the vilage streets. There is also a barely disguised sexual element as young women are caught under the skirt of the 'oss. It is said that if this happens, she will be pregnant within the year.
@@sarah-janelambert8962 The Padstow Obby Oss is not a 'Celtic' tradition at all. What is occuring is a May Garland and Song custom as formerly found throughout England (bringing in the 'May' ie greenery to decorate the town, setting up the maypole, singing a special May song, collecting money). And grafted onto this is a hobby horse custom that normally would occur at Christmas. There are many hobby horse customs across England and Wales - the Hooden Horse, the Broad, the Poor Old Horse, the Mari Lwyd, the Old Tup - and they occur at Christmas or New Year. And it may be relevant that at Christmas in the early 1800's further down the coast the guize dancers of Penzance would carry with them a hobby horse. It's interesting that although the hobby horse is a medieval invention the earliest references to all the above (and the Padstow Obby Oss) are no earlier than about 1800.
@@sarah-janelambert8962 And Steve Roud in his guide to the customs and festivals of England 'The English Year' points out that there are no English customs that can be proven to be pre-Christian in origin.
@@Wotsitorlabart The Lyrics of the Padstow May Day song specifically refers to '"the merry morning of May" ie, not greenery (although that is brought into the town as part of the festivities), but the actual chronological date: May Day, or Beltane.
@@morganetches3749 Which has been an English county for 1000 years. The people of the West Riding of Yorkshire have a DNA quite distinct from any other in Britain. But we don't pretend we are still living in the 5th century Kingdom of Elmet.
Filming this was very difficult. You're either pushed to the side or in the action. In fairness it's much safer for me to be in the action as i can move quickly out of the way whereas in the crowd i can injure people trying to push me around.
Where am I going to back off to? There's nowhere to go apart from stay in the open. The worst place for me to stay is in a crowd of people as they can bump into me.
If you don't think this has roots in Pagan pre-Christian tradition, you need to lie down. There is someone below who really does think there is no such thing as Pagan festivals and presumably attributes all this to Christianity. Similarly with the undoubtedly Christian Easter Egg and Easter Bunny (Really the sacred hare who was thought to lay eggs at Easter and is the sacred animal of the Celtic goddess Oestre). Show me where those two are in the Bible. And yet Christians blatantly misappropriated the festival as Easter. Adopting Pagan festivals and changing them is a sly trick they used to establish their new religion.
So great to see some of these ancient customs still being actively preserved, sadly not many left now.
Sid Porter, Chingy and Chunky still looking like proper characters. Great footage. It was really nice down there this year too. Seen loads of people I haven't seen in years. Great day.
This is honestly one of the coolest things I've seen on UA-cam.
Lovely, May day tradition along with all our other
Pagan traditions should never die .
What 'pagan' traditions?
@@Wotsitorlabart The Padstow Obby Oss tradition is widely held to be a survival of the Celtic celebrations at the spring equinox; May Day, welcoming back the sun and the growing season. This is why the village men gather greenery from the surrouding woods and bring it into the vilage streets. There is also a barely disguised sexual element as young women are caught under the skirt of the 'oss. It is said that if this happens, she will be pregnant within the year.
@@sarah-janelambert8962
The Padstow Obby Oss is not a 'Celtic' tradition at all.
What is occuring is a May Garland and Song custom as formerly found throughout England (bringing in the 'May' ie greenery to decorate the town, setting up the maypole, singing a special May song, collecting money). And grafted onto this is a hobby horse custom that normally would occur at Christmas. There are many hobby horse customs across England and Wales - the Hooden Horse, the Broad, the Poor Old Horse, the Mari Lwyd, the Old Tup - and they occur at Christmas or New Year. And it may be relevant that at Christmas in the early 1800's further down the coast the guize dancers of Penzance would carry with them a hobby horse.
It's interesting that although the hobby horse is a medieval invention the earliest references to all the above (and the Padstow Obby Oss) are no earlier than about 1800.
@@sarah-janelambert8962
And Steve Roud in his guide to the customs and festivals of England 'The English Year' points out that there are no English customs that can be proven to be pre-Christian in origin.
@@Wotsitorlabart The Lyrics of the Padstow May Day song specifically refers to '"the merry morning of May" ie, not greenery (although that is brought into the town as part of the festivities), but the actual chronological date: May Day, or Beltane.
Looking dapper there Sergeant Eddy
Yes he does
This is so cool
Should have been there this year :(
KERNOW BYS VYKEN ONEN HAG OLL . THEY CAN'T STOP US!!
Proper British people enjoying themselves. Surprised Rick Bloody Stein hasn’t bought the performing rights, though...
British?
@@gemboundprism6322
English.
@@WotsitorlabartCornish
@@morganetches3749
Which has been an English county for 1000 years.
The people of the West Riding of Yorkshire have a DNA quite distinct from any other in Britain.
But we don't pretend we are still living in the 5th century Kingdom of Elmet.
@@Wotsitorlabart I’ve definitely met Yorkshiremen who claim they’re from a separate country!
There was some characters about that year lol
Dancing Blond lady in red seems to acting as a steward but sadly, a woman died when
her head was struck by the round table.
It looks like they really didn't want to be filmed 😂 this is a cool video but should leave these people to it and not be so invasive.
Filming this was very difficult. You're either pushed to the side or in the action. In fairness it's much safer for me to be in the action as i can move quickly out of the way whereas in the crowd i can injure people trying to push me around.
@@CapturingCornwall - It was invasive, you were asked to back off several times as I recall?
Where am I going to back off to? There's nowhere to go apart from stay in the open. The worst place for me to stay is in a crowd of people as they can bump into me.
I dint appreciate having a camera rammed in my face bud Would've been nice if you just asked
@@cornishseaangler7687 @ So, you would have been happier if he just asked if he could ram a camera in your face, bud ?
OSS OSS
KERNOW BYS VYKEN OSS OSS .. YAAAAAAWWWWWWIOOOOO
If you don't think this has roots in Pagan pre-Christian tradition, you need to lie down. There is someone below who really does think there is no such thing as Pagan festivals and presumably attributes all this to Christianity. Similarly with the undoubtedly
Christian Easter Egg and Easter Bunny (Really the sacred hare who was thought to lay eggs at Easter and is the sacred animal of the Celtic goddess Oestre). Show me where those two are in the Bible. And yet Christians blatantly misappropriated the festival as Easter. Adopting Pagan festivals and changing them is a sly trick they used to establish their new religion.
Mineheads is still better
no way
The dangers of inbreeding when the family get together for a day out.
I'd bet there's a good many banjo players present. Do they know only one song? Tedious nonsense.
Sorry to say but this looks fucking ridiculous but hey each to their own as they say
I blame the Greeks. They invented gayness.
If your not from padstow you won’t understand
@@lordsparrow3401
I'm from Yorkshire but I understand.
Ban this crap
Never!!
What's wrong with the tradition?
LiamC123321 Calm down and ‘ave a dish of tea my ‘ansome!
OSS OSS ....MAY DAY MAY DAY
LiamC123321 so eazy teazy aint u haahaa