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I got hit in the teeth at England's oldest ritual

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In the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. | AD: ๐ŸŒ Download Saily now, avoid expensive roaming charges later: https://saily.com/

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เคšเคฐเค–เฅ€ เคฆเคพเคฆเคฐเฅ€ เคฎเคนเคพเคชเค‚เคšเคพเคฏเคค เคฎเฅ‡เค‚ เค•เคฟเคธเคพเคจเฅ‹เค‚ เคจเฅ‡ เคญเคฐเฅ€ เคนเฅเค‚เค•เคพเคฐ, เคเค—เฅเคฐเฅ‹ เคกเคฟเคธเฅเค•เฅ‰เคฎ เค”เคฐ เค…เคฎเฅ‡เคฐเคฟเค•เฅ€ เคŸเฅเคฐเฅ‡เคก เคกเฅ€เคฒ เค•เคพ เค•เคฟเคฏเคพ เคตเคฟเคฐเฅ‹เคง 2:59
เคšเคฐเค–เฅ€ เคฆเคพเคฆเคฐเฅ€ เคฎเคนเคพเคชเค‚เคšเคพเคฏเคค เคฎเฅ‡เค‚ เค•เคฟเคธเคพเคจเฅ‹เค‚ เคจเฅ‡ เคญเคฐเฅ€ เคนเฅเค‚เค•เคพเคฐ, เคเค—เฅเคฐเฅ‹ เคกเคฟเคธเฅเค•เฅ‰เคฎ เค”เคฐ เค…เคฎเฅ‡เคฐเคฟเค•เฅ€ เคŸเฅเคฐเฅ‡เคก เคกเฅ€เคฒ เค•เคพ เค•เคฟเคฏเคพ เคตเคฟเคฐเฅ‹เคง ETVBHARAT 19 Jul 2026

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@masksoferis From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 44
Next year: "Local festival overran by nerds; blogger in a shirt blamed"
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@inutaisho7996 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 625
5:48
Terry: The horns going backwards and forwards represents...
Tom: (Dejectedly) Right.
Terry: Two male stags when they're fighting.
Tom: (Realizing that he was thinking the wrong thing.) Right!
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@NathanielSimpson1481 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 329
"If you left off traditions because you didnโ€™t know why they started youโ€™d be no better than a foreigner."
Sir Terry Pratchett in Hogfather
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@godminnette2 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 883
0:16 I like how in the subtitles, Weird English Traditions is capitalized as if it is a properly recognized category of traditions.
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@elliot9634 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 487
RIP Mick O'Harra, made me cheese so hard. can only imagine what joy he brought to others. i genuinely barked "NO" at that end slide. bless his soul and his family.
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@sirdude6509 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 64
Just wanna say I appreciate the effort Tom and his crew put in to sticking with the festival and participating in it rather than just getting a few videos and leaving.
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@AP-zr3bz From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 486
"ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding" -triangle
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@harrypeter1516 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 99
Thatโ€™s my home village, thought the horn dance was a normal thing that most places did till I grew up and mentioned to a co worker from Nottingham about it who just looked at me like Iโ€™d gone completely mental.
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@Whom1337 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 328
in a thousand year's time, some child is going to notice a tom scott shaped teeth imprint on these antlers
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@iainhewitt From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 939
"Longer than mine, but never mind..."
Oh, Tom....
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@Stjernedrage From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 1100
Rest in Peace Mick Oโ€™Haraโค
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@QEin1786 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 1300
Morris dancer here. And we take joy in giving different explanations of the tradition to every person that asks.
I realise how frustrating this would be for Tom...
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@TomLuTon From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 1200
Ancient tradition that no one knows the origins of

"Right, so one weekend we got very very drunk..."
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@L0op From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 2100
don't worry Tom, we're here for your personality, not for the length of your stick.
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@Freegrem From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 2500
I love the fact of "we have no idea what its about anymore" yet they just keep it going because why not and it makes people happy
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@golferpro75 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 3500
Rest in peace Mick O'Hara
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@raven3202 From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 3400
In memory of Mick O'Hara, may the next accordionist cary the tradition with pride
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@DanielPickering-i9y From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 3700
Mick was my Dad, and was such an amazing character who did so much for everyone around him, he was so proud of being involved in the horn dance, and dedicated his life to folk traditions and music, he will be greatly missed โค

Thank you for such a lovely video!
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@Taschenschieber From YouTube โ†— 1 Jul 2026 7800
"i haven't talked about any weird English traditions" as if reenacting WWII on a duck pond is perfectly normal
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@TomScottGo From YouTube โ†— 22 Jun 2026 705
Thank you, Abbotts Bromley, and I'm sorry just to be one more person with a camera! | AD: ๐ŸŒ Saily has worked really well for me! Download now, avoid expensive roaming charges later: hsaily.com/tomscott