dunmow Essex Uk. Flitch trials. his 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 quarrelled. Succesfulcouples are awarded a flitch of bacon. mr Atkinson and Mrs Atkinson- Wright kneeling on sharp stones

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