Foxed
This is The Fox Inn in Bucks Green, West Sussex. It's a lovely example of a country pub, which for 364 days of the year remains exactly that. However, on Christmas day at midday a horse is walked through the bar. Nobody seems to know the why and the when of the whole affair these days, but there is a vague notion that once it was done to mark an ancient right of way. It has been known on occasion to substitute a motorbike, a sheep and even a lord when there's been no suitable horse available!
Arilx
Sounds a great tradition. I am all for tradition
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxxxxx
I read about it in the Country File magazine last year. Knew nothing about it prior to then!
DeleteArilx
So that's where all those jokes about horses walking into bars started!
ReplyDeleteCould well be!
ReplyDeleteArilx
How funny! What a nice building!
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