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Blackawton International Festival of Worm Charming
Looking for something different to do this May Bank Holiday Sunday (May 3)?
Blackawton
Sunday 3rd May 2009
Looking for something different to do this May Bank Holiday Sunday (May 3)?
How about taking part in Blackawton's annual International Festival of Worm Charming?
Adults and children compete to extract the greatest number of worms from their dedicated one metre square patch of grassland but they have to do it without digging up any of the turf!
The annual festival was started in 1984 when two locals decided to try it as a means of banishing the winter blues.
Favourite tools to bring the beasts to the surface include questionable liquid combinations of water, beer, gravy and sugar - which contestants are required to sample themselves beforehand, just to prove that it won't do the worms any harm.
Blackawton's International Festival of Worm Charming 2009 takes place on Sunday 3 May at 12 noon.
It's quirky, very unusual and fun!
For more information about the event, phone 01803 832207 or visit ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/scimar/.
Listed: Tuesday 6th May 2008
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