back to collectionBURNING THE BARTLE WEST WITTON YORKSHIRE (9 images)
Burning the Bartle West Witton, Wensleydale, Yorkshire England. 1971. Every year on the Saturday following 24 August (formerly the traditional date for the custom), a large straw effigy known as 'Bartle' is carried in procession by its maker down the main street of West Witton a traditional song is sung at each 'old' house in the village. A knife is plunged into Bartle and he is then set of fire.
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