Second Tuesday after Easter (Hock Day)
This day used to be held as a festival in England and observed until the 16th century. According to custom, on Hock Monday, the women of the village seized and bound men, demanding a small payment for their release. On the Tuesday of Hocktide the men similarly waylaid the women. The takings were paid to the churchwarden for parish work.
Hocktide Festival - Hungerford, Berkshire
Hocktide is a very old term used to denote the Monday and Tuesday in the week following the second Tuesday after Easter.
Hungerford is now the only place in the country still to maintain the annual Hocktide festival.
The festival dates from the 14th century when Prince John of Gaunt gave the rights of free grazing and fishing to local ‘commoners�? To celebrate the town's patronage from Prince John of Gaunt, the town crier blows his horn and calls together the Hocktide Court in the town hall. Here, all commoners, living in the most ancient house in the High Street, must pay a fine to ensure their rights of fishing and grazing. While the court continues, "Tutti-Men" with florally decorated poles are led through the streets by the "Orange-Man" to collect kisses from all the ladies resident in the High Street. They receive an orange in return. Various traditional suppers, ale-tastings, lunches and balls follow.
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