Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. A unique calendar custom which takes place in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, on the Monday following the first Sunday after 4 September, the day of the village wakes . The team is made up of six dancers, each carrying a pair of antler horns, a Fool, a man-woman called Maid Marian, a hobby horse , a Bow-man, a triangle player, and a musician, each wearing a pseudo-medieval costume designed in the late 19th century. The horns which the dancers carry are reindeer antlers, mounted on a wooden head, with a short wooden handle for carrying. Three are painted white with brown tips, and three are brown with golden tips. The horns have naturally caused much ...