The Haxey Hood is a large rugby-style game that takes place in the village of Haxey in North Lincolnshire, England, each January 6. A scrum of people, called the "sway", pushes a leather tube called the "hood" into one of the four public houses in the parish. It's thought to have originated centuries ago when an aristocratic woman's riding hood was whipped off by the wind and local farm workers chased after it. Picture: Christopher Furlong

Credit : Christopher Furlong