Talk:'Obby 'Oss festival

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Ok as per our project mission its time to add more information to this article. lets start with a run down on its history. see if anyone can find how old this festival is or at least a pretty good estimate. add more ref links as well and see if we can get a number on howmany ppl attend this festival. it appears to be the whole town that participates so see if we can also get some info on that town. Good luck everyone =) Maverick423 20:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Just a point of interest, there are a few versions of the Padstow song, though most feature St. George, and I've heard it suggested this is a reference to the Norman Conquest, and the expectation that the Norse, etc, would come to the aid of the natives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.23.59 (talk) 01:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

The version I included is referred to as the 'current version'. There are other versions of the song and I have them. However they are a bit 'anti-French' so I didn't include them! I can't find any references to the Norse though. The book I have claims that the earliest written reference to a hobby horse is in the Cornish drama 'Bewans Meriasek' written in 1502. -- Maelor  20:52, 14 February 2008 (UTC)