Paul Pitcher Day®: Protesting Workplace Sobriety
We should bring back Paul Pitcher Day® because sometimes a cocktail at work sounds refreshing. In the late 19th century, it was customary for tin… Read More
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24 January was historically celebrated as Paul Pitcher Day® in Cornwall.
In Cornwall the January 24th the Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul was celebrated as a holiday for miners. It is noted in Notes and… Read More
Paul Pitcher Day® and Watching the Weather: The Conversion of St. Paul
JANUARY 26, 2018 on https://breathinginbooksblog.wordpress.com The 25th January is, of course, Burns’ Night and, Google reminded us today, Virginia Woolf’s birthday. It is also… Read More
Curiosities of Popular Custom
William Shepard Walsh TitleCuriosities of Popular Customs … IllustratedAuthorWilliam Shepard WalshPublished1897Original fromUniversity of Illinois… Read More
15 Phenomenal Forgotten Holidays We Should Totally Bring Back
Are you happy with the holidays we currently have? Or do you think it’s time to bring in some new blood? We don’t necessarily have… Read More
Paul Pitcher Night
WHEN? January WHERE? Bodmin Paul Pitcher Night is traditionally held on the 24th January every year. At one time, all across Cornwall, people came together… Read More
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time
By Peter Hempson Ditchfield January 24th, St. Paul’s Day, is a holiday with the miners of Cornwall, who call it Paul Pitcher Day®, from a… Read More
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2020 Daily Holidays that fall on January 23, include: Measure Your Feet DayNational Handwriting Day National Pie Day Paul Pitcher Day® Rhubarb Pie Day Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day Women’s Healthy… Read More
The English Year
By Steve Roud As noted under 25 January, St Paul has more than one feast day, and 24 January is the Eve of his Conversion… Read More
Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore
By Elizabeth Mary Wright Conversion of St. Paul, a day observed as a miners’ holiday. A water-pitcher is set up and pelted with stones till… Read More
The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Note-book, Volume 3
“If St. Paul’s day be fine and clear it doth betide a happy year”. Weather on this day foretold the general character, of the coming… Read More
Paul Pitcher Day® – 24 January
Paul Pitcher Day® – 24 January https://www.paulpitcherday.com/24 January is the vigil of the feast day of the Conversion of Saint… Read More
January 2021 Holidays
Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & ObservancesJanuary is named for the Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways. Janus is depecited with two faces,… Read More
Custom demised: Paul Pitcher Day®
Posted on January 31, 2015 by pixyledpublications on https://traditionalcustomsandceremonies.wordpress.com/ In Cornwall the January 24th the Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul was celebrated as a holiday for… Read More
Tin Miners and Cornish Pasties
Posted on https://www.bookofdaystales.com/ According to John Brand’s Popular Antiquities, 1870 edition, edited by William Hazlitt, January 24th was once celebrated as Paul’s Pitcher Day in Cornwall… Read More
24 January – Paul Pitcher Day
It was a custom today for the miners and tinners in parts of Cornwall to set up a water-pitcher as a target and then pelt… Read More
Holidays That Might Get Overlooked
Paul Pitcher Day® aka The Cornish Tinner’s and Seafarer’s Day.An old labor day, celebrating the new season of sailing and mining in Cornwall, England. Cornish… Read More
Paul Pitcher Day® – 24 January
https://www.paulpitcherday.com/ 24 January is the vigil of the feast day of the Conversion of Saint Paul. In Cornwall in England they… Read More
15 Weird Forgotten Holidays We Should Totally Bring Back
Paul Pitcher Day®: Protesting Workplace Sobriety We should bring back Paul Pitcher Day® because sometimes a cocktail at work sounds refreshing. In the late 19th century, it… Read More
The Western Antiquary, Volume 3
William Henry Kearley Wright “Reprinted after revision and correction from the ‘Weekly Mercury,'” Mar. 1881-May 1884. View book:… Read More
Folklore of Cornwall
Clifford Shaw, Tony Deane Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite… Read More
Cornish Feasts and Folk-lore
Margaret Ann Courtney Beare and son, 1890 – Cornwall (England : County) – 208 pages… Read More
Paul Pitcher Night
Paul Pitcher night is held on the eve of the feast day of St Paul the Apostle. Read More
British Popular Customs, Present and Past
Illustrating the social and Domestic Manners of the People. Arranged According to the Calendar of the Year. Read More
January 23 = Paul Pitcher and the Importance of you Heart Center
by Positively Kimberly In this episode of The International Holiday Show, we have the opportunity… Read More
Paul Pitcher Night Penzance 2016 2
by Simon Reed The old tradition of smashing pitchers and pots on St Paul’s Eve… Read More
Paul Pitcher Night
by Simon Reed Paul Pitcher Night is a Cornish tradition. On the 24th of… Read More
Paul Pitcher Day® (UK)
Occurs each year on January 23rd. Frequency: EveryJan 23 Hashtags: #PaulPitcherDay References: traditionalcustomsandceremonies.wordpress.com/…/custom-demised-p…www.brownielocks.com/january.htmlviraluck.com/15-weird-forgotten-holidays-totally-bring-back/ Read more:… Read More
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Paul Pitcher Day We should bring back Paul Pitcher Day because sometimes a cocktail at work sounds refreshing. In the late 19th century, it was… Read More
Paul Feast
WHEN? October WHERE? Paul, near Mousehole Paul Feast is held in the small village of Paul, near Mousehole. It celebrates Paul Aurelian (also known as… Read More