What date Hawick Common-Riding?
What date Hawick Common-Riding?
1st Monday in June
Hawick Common Riding
| Where: | Hawick, Borders near the Tower Hotel, High Street and racecourse |
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| When: | Friday after 1st Monday in June |
| Time: | From 6 am onwards with Rideout at 8.30, racng from 12.30, return to town 4.30 (ish!) |
Why is the Common-Riding in Hawick special?
Hawick. The Hawick Common-Riding is the first and largest of the Border festivals. It celebrates the legendary capture of an English Flag in a skirmish at Hornshole believed to have taken place in 1514 and the traditional checking of the boundaries of the town’s common land.
What are common-riding borders?
Common Ridings on the Scottish Borders Featured in Common Ridings date back to the 13th and 14th centuries when 11 Scottish bordering towns were forced to ride in groups along the boundaries to protect themselves from English invaders.
What is riding of the marches?
This traditional event sees horses, ponies, carriages and their riders take to the streets of Kirkwall to carry a standard along the old boundary of the town. …
What is the history of Hawick Common Riding?
The Hawick Common-Riding is the first of the Border Common Ridings and celebrates both the capture of an English Flag in 1514 by the youth of Hawick at a place called Hornshole and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land. [ More ]… Attendance at all licensed events is restricted to 18 year olds and over.
Where was the first common riding in Scotland?
The Hawick Common-Riding is the first of the Border Common Ridings and celebrates both the capture of an English Flag in 1514 by the youth of Hawick at a place called Hornshole and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land.
Who is the cornet in Hawick Common Riding?
The Cornet with “the banner blue” leads his followers in the chase, a ride at full gallop, in memory of the victorious youths of 1514. The riding of the marches, horse racing and the dipping of the flag in the River Teviot follow.
Who are the parents of the Hawick Common Lass?
Our 40-year principals, Ex-Cornet David Blacklock, and his Lass and wife Morag and their Acting Father & Mother Tom and Maureen Hartop. And finally, congratulations also to our 50 year’s Cornet’s Lass Joyce Wilson and her Acting Father Ex-Cornet Bruce McTaggart.