Dunmow Essex Uk. Flitch trials. This event goes back to Anglo Saxon times and is held every 4 years. Married couples appear before a mock court to show that they have never quarelled. Successful couples are awarded a flitch of bacon. Contestants Mr and Mrs Wright are being sworn in at the beginning of the trial

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Location: Talberds Ley, Great Dunmow, Essex, England,GB, UK
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