Traditional old British Customs,Festivities and events - A typical British Whitsuntide procession / walk (June) 1845. The holiday originally celebrated as the birthday of the Christian Church but became generally celebrated as an annual festivity. Whitsuntide is the week following Whitsunday and the eighth week following Easter.

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