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Padstow May Day is Obby Oss Day on 1 May 2017

Every year for decades Padstow has been packed on 1 May by up to 30,000 revellers keen to see the decorations, experience the Obby Oss, join the party and dance around the maypole. It’s not quite clear whether the celebration started as a welcome to Summer, a deterrent to French landings, a fertility symbol, a […]