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Egremont Crab Fair and World Gurning Championships
Crabs (crab apples, thrown from a cart) in the morning, greasy pole and hound trailing through the day, and in the evening competitors push their faces through a horse collar to achieve the most grotesque expression possible, since 1267.
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Best Gurn in the UK
Home of the World Gurning Championships, where pulling the most grotesque face through a horse collar is a point of village pride.
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