Dancing around the Maypole. Dressing up as witches and ghouls. Burning effigies of political plotters. Here in the UK, we have some interesting traditions that reach far back into previous centuries, but we continue to take part in them.

Whether their origins are a little lost to the mists of time, or they refer to a particular historic event, our folk traditions and festivals can be weird, wacky and kind of wonderful.

They also provide a great opportunity to create content that gets people talking…