Held at Haxey, Humberside (formerly Lincolnshire), on Twelfth Night (6 January, unless this falls on a Sunday, when it takes place the previous day), the participants in the ancient event are a Fool with a painted face and multicoloured rag costume, a Lord and a Chief Boggin in red coats and top hats decorated with flowers and 10 further Boggins in red jumpers, accompanying numerous players who compete for 12 sackcloth hoods, but primarily for a leather hood, the goals being two public houses.
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