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The Derby Ram
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"The Derby Ram" or "As I was Going to Derby" is a traditional tall tale English folk song that tells the story of a ram of gargantuan proportions and the difficulties involved in butchering, tanning,
Old Tup at Handsworth, South Yorkshire, taken before 1907
Old Tup at Handsworth, South Yorkshire, taken before 1907
1852 depiction of mummers
1852 depiction of mummers
George Washington (1732–1799)
George Washington (1732–1799)
Representation of the ram in East Street, Derby
Representation of the ram in East Street, Derby
Hoodening
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Hoodening, also spelled hodening and oodening, is a folk custom found in Kent, a county in South East England. The tradition entails the use of a wooden hobby horse known as a hooden horse that is mou
The Derby Ram
…rituals involving the worship of rams, but there is no real evidence of this. In the Derby area, it was associated with the "Old Tup" custom, a form of hoodening. The song appeared in print about 1790. It became extremely popular in Britain by the early nineteenth century, and naturally traveled to North America…
Hoodeners in Deal, Kent, in 1909
Hoodeners in Deal, Kent, in 1909
Four Kentish hooden horses of 20th and 21st-century date, on temporary display at Maidstone Museum
Four Kentish hooden horses of 20th and 21st-century date, on temporary display at Maidstone Museum
"Satan," a hooden horse used by the St Nicholas at Wade with Sarre hoodeners; on display at the Maidstone Museum
"Satan," a hooden horse used by the St Nicholas at Wade with Sarre hoodeners; on display at the Maidstone Museum
The earliest surviving descriptions of hoodening claim that the hooden horse contained a horse's skull, akin to this modern example of the Mari Lwyd,
The earliest surviving descriptions of hoodening claim that the hooden horse contained a horse's skull, akin to this modern example of the Mari Lwyd, a Welsh hobby horse.