The twenty-ninth of May is Oak Apple Day.
If you don't give us a holiday, we'll all run away.
A long time since I've heard that sung - except by my wife every year, returning nostalgically to her childhood in Northumberland.
http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html
Anyone remember?
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I'm reading this on the computer at work.......contemplating running away 
Why Oak Apple day? Is it the time of year when oak apples begin to form? And I'm sure someone can remind me what insect it is wot does it.
Why Oak Apple day? Is it the time of year when oak apples begin to form? And I'm sure someone can remind me what insect it is wot does it.
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Read the link and all will be revealed, Pongeroon. 
Very interesting indeed.
Very interesting indeed.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
That is very interesting.
All that bum pinching and nettle whipping, just an average day round these parts
I wonder if they really do decorate the gates of the Guildhall in Worcester with garlands of oak leaves, I will go and have a look later.
All that bum pinching and nettle whipping, just an average day round these parts
I wonder if they really do decorate the gates of the Guildhall in Worcester with garlands of oak leaves, I will go and have a look later.
