Tom Bawcock's Eve
December 23, Tuesday
England
The festival is held in celebration and memorial of the efforts of legendary Mousehole resident Tom Bawcock to lift a famine from the village by going out to fish in a severe storm. During this festival Stargazy pie (a mixed fish, egg and potato pie with protruding fish heads) is eaten and depending on the year of celebration a lantern procession takes place.
Tom Bawcock's Eve in other years
- 2021 December 23, Thursday
- 2022 December 23, Friday
- 2023 December 23, Saturday
- 2024 December 23, Monday