THE OLD CALENDAR
A year has
its own stories.
Recurring customs, not a current events timetable. Follow the organisers for this year’s arrangements.
31OCTOBER
Hop tu Naa
Turnip lanterns, songs and seasonal storytelling offer different ways to explore an autumn custom. Begin with the cultural context and listen for the version a teller remembers.
Read the seasonal notebook ↗26DECEMBER
Hunt the Wren
Manx Music connects this circle dance with St Stephen’s Day. Look at music, movement and how a group carries a tradition; historical descriptions are not instructions to harm wildlife.
Read about the shared dance ↗Remember a season of your own
What was sung? Who taught it? Where did your version come from? The field notebook helps preserve those details without claiming that one memory is the whole history.
Record a memory ↗