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Northern Easter Traditions Quiz

by Karen Shaw

  1. In 2009, at the annual Rivington Pike Good Friday walk, there were memorably two costumed charity fundraisers. One was dressed as the Queen, but who was the other dressed as?

 

  1. The Rivington Pike Good Friday Walk, started in the 19th Century, began as a Christian Pilgrimage to re-enact which part of Holy Week?

 

  1. ‘Pace Egging’ gets its name from the Latin ‘Pascha’, but what does ‘Pascha’ mean?

 

  1. In Pace Egging Plays, which Patron Saint often appears at the end?

 

  1. What would Northerners traditionally wrap their Pace Eggs in in order to give their shells a golden hue?

 

  1. Pace Egg Plays saw a steady decline from the mid 19th Century onwards. Middleton were amongst the first to revive the tradition, though. In what year was this; is it 1947, 1967, or 1987?

 

  1. Yorkshire’s most renowned Pace Egg Play takes place on Good Friday in which town? Is it Heptonstall, Keighley, or Skipton?

 

  1. The aptly named, and sadly mostly forgotten, Easter tradition of ‘Buckle Stealing’ involved young men going around towns and villages taking buckles from young women’s shoes. What would the women do in response?

 

  1. How did some people exploit the tradition of Buckle Stealing?

 

  1. Residents of Filey, on the Yorkshire coast, had their own tradition of Buckle Stealing. If a man took a ladies’ shoes, what would the woman take in return?

 

  1. What annual event, originating in 1963 and harking back to Yorkshire’s mining roots, occurs every Easter Monday in Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire?

 

  1. The hearty debate between friends that eventually inspired the World Coal Carrying Championship took place where? Was it at the local pub, in the local churchyard, or outside the local school?

 

  1. At the World Coal Carrying Championships, approximately how much coal do men have to carry? Is it 35kg, 40kg, or 50kg?

 

  1. Conversely, at the same event how much coal do women have to carry? Is it 10kg, 20kg, or 25kg?

 

  1. True or False: the World Coal Carrying Championship covers a distance of just over 100m?

 

  1. David Jones currently holds the record at the World Coal Carrying Championships, with a time of 4 mins 6 seconds – true or false?

 

  1. The first ever Easter Egg rolling event took place in Avenham Park, Preston in which year? Is it 1767, 1867, or 1967?

 

  1. According to Lancashire superstition, if eggshells remained on the grassy hills after an Egg Rolling competition what supernatural beings would steal them?

 

  1. And what would they use the eggshells for?

 

  1. The Britannia Cocount Dancers (or ‘Nutters’) are a troupe of folk clog dancers who perform every easter in Bacup. How many dancers are in the troupe?

 

  1. True or false: the ‘Nutters’ name is in reference to the wooden nuts worn at their knees, waists and wrists?

 

  1. What do the Nutters Dancers have to do at every pub they pass along their 11km journey through Bacup?

 

  1. True or False: two farms in South Yorkshire had a tradition of changing parishes at midday every year on Easter Sunday?

 

  1. Durham’s ‘Egg Jarping’ competition is a knockout competition which involves players using hard boiled eggs to hit, or “jarp”, their opponent’s egg. How does the competition end? Is it when all eggs are destroyed, when only one egg remains intact, or when one person has destroyed up to 5 eggs?

 

  1. An Easter Tradition for many Christians is going to church throughout Holy Week, but which northern city holds the record for being the tallest non-cathedral church in the UK?

 

NorthernLife Mar/Apr 23