EBERNOE HORN FAIR WEST SUSSEX

Ebernoe Horn Fair West Sussex UK. Annual cricket match on Ebernoe village Common. The Horns from the lamb roasted for the players lunch are presented to the player from the winning side who scores the most runs. Followed by the singing of the Horn Fair Song.

The Horn Fair Song is an old folk song that was re-discovered in 1950 in a radio broadcast by a local farmer Wilfred Moorish which he introduced into the Horn Fair. At this time a local man Tom Stemp, the aged 75yrs...
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Ebernoe Horn Fair West Sussex UK. Annual cricket match on Ebernoe village Common. The Horns from the lamb roasted for the players lunch are presented to the player from the winning side who scores the most runs. Followed by the singing of the Horn Fair Song.

The Horn Fair Song is an old folk song that was re-discovered in 1950 in a radio broadcast by a local farmer Wilfred Moorish which he introduced into the Horn Fair. At this time a local man Tom Stemp, the aged 75yrs recalled an Ebernoe woodman David Baker singing this song, and he had died in 1943 aged 80yrs. The song is sung after the presentation.
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