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Article: Put some life back into obby oss day
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 5, 2007 ;     542 words ... ... interest the lovely picture of the Padstow Obby Oss in today's edition of Western Morning ... would always go over to Padstow to see the Obby Oss on May Day, but as we would usually be ... not a single tent anywhere. The last Obby Oss briefly appeared soon after, and from ...

Article: Here comes the obby oss ; This little drummer ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 2, 2008 ;     324 words ...This little drummer marches in the children's Obby Oss Day parade as thousands watch the celebration of the oldest dance festival in the country. Crowds poured into Padstow to join ...

Article: Thousands join the celebrations for the legendary obby ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 2, 2007 ;     497 words ... ... the popular resort on the North Cornwall coast to celebrate Obby Oss day - reputed to be the oldest dance festival in the country ... local shops put on special displays to celebrate the occasion. Obby Oss day is a huge event for young and old alike and John Swabey ...

Article: 'Obby 'Oss procession.
Birmingham Mail (England);  April 29, 2009 ;     282 words ...GET a true taste of spring at Padstow's 'Obby 'Oss Carnival Parade, one of the oldest surviving May Day traditions that dates back to the 14th century. The streets of the picturesque ...

Article: The 'obby 'oss and tar barrels - still alive and ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 28, 2006 ;     653 words ...On May Day in Padstow the streets are decorated with greenery and bunting for the 'Obby 'Oss, a custom heralding the start of summer. A man inside a gigantic mask decorated with a horse's head parades through the streets ...

Article: The Padstow Obby Oss: Cornwall's Dancing ...
World and I;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... along with the merchant seamen who sailed for distant shores, who invented, or perhaps introduced, what the locals call the obby oss. During the weeks before May 1, the locals can be heard in the public houses and their own homes practicing the music and ...

Article: Crowds pack town streets for obby oss day ; It was ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 2, 2008 ;     427 words ... ... year as thousands of people thronged the narrow streets to celebrate the oldest dance festival in the country. The origins of Obby Oss Day are lost in the mists of time but is thought to have stemmed, at least in part, from an ancient fertility rite marking ...