An old English custom takes place: In the little fishing village of Whitby Yorks

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An old English custom takes place: In the little fishing village of Whitby Yorks

An old English custom takes place: In the little fishing village of Whitby Yorks, every May, an ancient ceremony, the planting of the " penny hedge" takes place. The story goes that some young knights, while out hunting near the Abbey, pursued a wild bear into the chapel. A hermit monk tried to shield the animal, but the knights slaughtered the monk as well as the boar. A penance was imposed upon them and their heirs. They had to build a hedge of wicker at a spot called Abrahams Bosum, on the bank of the River Esk, which had to be strong enough to withstand three tides and which must only cost one penny. If they failed in this task, the Lords of the Manor were to lose " an acre of their land". May 1948 P005020

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