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In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world. In England, they are particularly associate
Painting of a hobby horse with Morris dancers beside the River Thames at Richmond, London; detail of Thames at Richmond, with the Old Royal Palace, c.
Painting of a hobby horse with Morris dancers beside the River Thames at Richmond, London; detail of Thames at Richmond, with the Old Royal Palace, c. 1620 (Fitzwilliam Museum, unknown artist)
The Old 'Oss capturing a young woman during the May Day festival at Padstow, Cornwall
The Old 'Oss capturing a young woman during the May Day festival at Padstow, Cornwall
Minehead Hobby Horse
Minehead Hobby Horse
Some modern dance sides have reinterpreted the hobby horse: this hooden horse is a zebra
Some modern dance sides have reinterpreted the hobby horse: this hooden horse is a zebra
Hobby horse (toy)
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A hobby horse is a child's toy horse. Children play at riding a horse made of a straight stick with a head, and perhaps reins, attached to one end. The bottom end of the stick sometimes had a small wh
Hobby horse
…Capra (goat dance) – a similar balkan tradition with a goat instead of a horse Hobby horse (toy) Hooden horse…
William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for a variant of Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose.
William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for a variant of Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose.
In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the characters' hobby-horses, or particular obsessions, are discussed in detail. Here, Uncle T
In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the characters' hobby-horses, or particular obsessions, are discussed in detail. Here, Uncle Toby's obsession with the military leads him and Trim - who gets caught up in Toby's enthusiasm - to begin acting out military actions. Illustration by George Cruikshank.
A stick horse in the parisian manuscript Horae ad usum Parisiense, circa 1480.
A stick horse in the parisian manuscript Horae ad usum Parisiense, circa 1480.
Woodcut illustration from Dryander, Der Arzney gemeiner Inhalt, 1542
Woodcut illustration from Dryander, Der Arzney gemeiner Inhalt, 1542