Christmas puddings were originally made using which fruit?

Plum Click to see the answer

French people would traditionally plant what on May Day?

Tree

What did godparents traditionally take to a Greek baptism?

Olive oil

Vassilopitta was a traditional New Year cake from which country?

Greece

The Polish Christmas Eve meal traditionally had how many courses?

12

Candy canes were traditionally given which flavour?

Peppermint

In Roman times, soldiers were paid using which substance?

Salt Click to see the answer

A dowry used to be paid at which occasion?

Marriage

Traditionally, what was the most important festival in Greece?

Easter

The crinoline was which type of clothing used in Victorian times?

Skirt

What did Italian families traditionally eat on Christmas Eve?

Fish

Stir-Up Sunday was the traditional day to make what?

Christmas Pudding

A Yule log used to be burned at which time of year?

Christmas

Before turkey, which was the meat of choice for Christmas?

Goose

What did Pagans used to light to celebrate the summer solstice?

Bonfires

The traditional German Christmas stollen is which type of food

Cake Click to see the answer

The Romans celebrated Vestalia in which month of the year?

June

People used to believe that disease was spread by what?

Unpleasant smells

Which festive figure was originally known as Saint Nicholas?

Santa Claus

Which was the last US state to ban executions by firing squad?

Utah

Which animal was traditionally used for rides at the seaside?

Donkey

Gurning was an old British tradition involving what?

Pulling faces

What kind of vehicles were raced in Roman times?

Chariots

What color was traditionally very important in Italian weddings?

Green

What types of races were traditionally held on Shrove Tuesday?

Pancake

Candlemas used to be celebrated in which month of the year?

February

Candlemas day used to mark the mid-point of which season?

Winter

Tradition dictates that all swans in England belong to who?

Queen Click to see the answer

Visitors to which part of the USA were traditionally given a lei?

Hawaii

In Finland, brides received wedding gifts in which item?

Pillowcase

It was customary for what meat to be eaten in Europe at Easter?

Lamb

In which country was it tradition to smash crockery at a wedding?

Greece

People used to say that you fed a cold, but starved a what?

Fever

Simnel cakes were traditionally eaten at which time of year?

Easter

The tradition of Geisha originated in which country?

Japan

Sati was a funeral tradition in which religion?

Hinduism

Lammas Day was traditionally celebrated in which month?

August

Which part of the body did Chinese girls used to have bound?

Feet

The foot of which animal used to be carried for luck?

Rabbit

Robin Hood and his Merry Men were said to have worn which color?

Green

Which bone was traditionally used as a symbol of death?

Skull

What color was traditionally worn by Morris dancers?

White

People used to believe that what color of heather brought luck?

White Click to see the answer

Which country used to be known for its bullfighting tradition?

Spain

What type of soup was traditionally made to cure all illnesses?

Chicken

What was Christmas tinsel originally made from?

Silver

Which drug used to be routinely prescribed for depression?

Cocaine

The Easter Bilby tradtionally brought treats to which country?

Australia

Which fish was traditionally eaten in Poland on Christmas Eve?

Carp

People used to say that which large birds brought babies?

Storks

Greek people traditionally have Easter eggs dyed which color?

Red

People used to hold 'candle auctions' each April to bid on what?

Land

The first footing tradition took place at what time of year?

New Year

A battle using which fruits takes place in Italy each February?

Oranges

Sailors used to believe that it was unlucky to do what on a ship?

Whistle

Duelling was banned in which century?

20th

Romans used to celebrated Saturnalia in which month of the year?

December

It used to be customary to put money in which food at Christmas?

Pudding

Servants used to be given boxes with presents on which date?

26th December

Romanians typically painted which items to celebrate Easter?

Eggs

What was traditionally burned at a Viking funeral?

Ship

Guests in Russia were traditionally welcomed with bread and what?

Salt

Garland Day was a tradition marking the start of which month?

May

The English oyster season traditionally began in which month?

July

Which painted items used to be rolled down hills at Easter?

Eggs

The Scottish Beltane festival dates back to which civilisation?

Celtic

Who used to wash the feet of poor people on Maundy Thursday?

Monarch

People used to carry a clover with how many leaves for good luck?

Four

Kohl was used as eye make up in which ancient civilisation?

Egypt

Which team game was traditionally played at the start of Lent?

Football

Pancakes were traditionally eaten on the day before which religious period?

Lent Click to see the answer

In medieval times, people believed that witches had made a pact with who?

Devil

Which nuts, with a coating of sugar used to be given as wedding favor gifts?

Almonds

The presence of which tradesman at a wedding used to be ocnsidered lucky?

Chimney Sweep

Plough Monday represented the start of the new agricultural year in which month?

January

Native people from which continent used to do a Sundance on the summer solstice?

North America

It used to be customary for pilgrims to walk to which Spanish city?

Santiago Click to see the answer

The traditional Indian festival of Holi celebrated the arrival of which season?

Spring

Panama hats were traditionally worn in which South American country?

Ecuador

Which day of the week, marking the start of Lent, is associated with Ash?

Wednesday

What day of the week before Easter was traditionally known as 'Maundy'?

Thursday

The last cavalry charge, using which type of animal happened in 1942?

Horse

What creatures were believed to cure every disease by letting blood?

Leeches

An item of which color was tradtionally worn by brides at their wedding?

Blue

Handfasting used to be an old ritual which has been replaced with what?

Wedding

How many sugar almonds were traditionally given as wedding favors?

5 Click to see the answer

The old medical practice of trepanation involved drilling holes where?

Skull

People used to celebrate the summer solstice by making crowns from which items?

Flowers

People used to say that if your palm itched, you were about to be given what?

Money

What kind of 'nog' is a drink which used to be popular at Christmas?

Egg

Children in which Scandinavian country dress up as witches at Easter?

Sweden

Which event used to mark the start of the new year in Ancient Greece?

Summer Solstice

Traditionally in Japan it was considered rude to do what in public?

Blow your nose

Up until 1967, mass in the Catholic church was said in which language?

Latin

Children in the Netherlands believed that Santa Claus came from which country?

Spain

The King's Cake was traditionally served on Epiphany, in which month?

January

What type of food was traditionally rolled down a steep hill on a Spring holiday?

Cheese

People used to think that which white flower was a symbol of hope?

Snowdrop Click to see the answer

People used to say that Christmas lasted how many days, ending on 2nd February?

40

Cockney slang was a way of talking associated with which European capital?

London

It used to be customary to do what to the bride at a Greek wedding?

Spit

Hor cross buns were traditionally only available at which time of year?

Easter

Traditionally in Spain, what sort of creature collected children's teeth?

Mouse

The traditional clothing called the Cheongsam used to be worn in which country?

China

A Pakistani wedding traditionally involved how many separate ceremonies?

4

In medieval times, people believed that amulets had which type of powers?

Magical

Romans used to regard which month of the year as the start of Spring?

February

Many children were brought up being told that eating which food gave you brains?

Fish

People used to believe that it was unlucky to put new shoes where?

Table

The Pagan festival of Samhain has become which modern celebration?

Halloween

People used to believe that you could ward off bad luck by knocking on what?

Wood

What was traditionally taken down on 13th January across Scandinavia?

Christmas Tree

British children used to burn a Guy on the bonfire in which month of the year?

November Click to see the answer

A Christingle was a traditional Christmas decoration made using which fruit?

Orange

Which game, using glass balls, was traditionally played during Lent in March?

Marbles

In which country did women used to have their feet bound to keep them small?

China

In Greece, it was the custom to bless which staple foodstuff before slicing?

Bread

A comb in the hair called the mantilla was traditionally worn in which country?

Spain

There is an old custom of keeping which birds in the Tower of London?

Ravens

Which country finally ended the tradition of not allowing women to vote in 1971?

Switzerland

Which country finally stopped using the guillotine for executions in 1977?

France

In which country were drugs called fang used to cure evil spirits?

China

What did people think you should throw salt over if you spilled it?

Shoulder

The first Sunday in April is traditionally named after which spring flower?

Daffodil

It used to be a UK custom to cover what up, in the room where someone had died?

Mirror

Wassailing is an old custom associated with which time of the year?

Christmas

In Denmark, it was customary to throw which spice at single women?

Cinnamon

People in the UK used to stop which items in the room where someone had died?

Clocks

The last person to be shot by firing squad died in Utah in which year?

2010

What was the name for the sum of money paid by a wife's family on marriage?

Dowry

Before pumpkins, what vegetables were used to carve lanterns at Halloween?

Turnip

Sailors used to be given a free weekly ration of which alcoholic drink?

Rum

Pious people used to eat one what, on each of the 12 days of Christmas?

Mince Pie

Danish people traditionally ate cookies flavoured with which spice at Christmas?

Ginger

What nickname used to be given to a person who sailors considered bad luck?

Jonah

An ancient belief was that which date in January was the year's most unlucky?

2nd

British people used to believe that getting married in which month was unlucky?

May

What fruit is in hot cross buns, which were traditionally only found at Easter?

Raisins

The traditional Pearly Kings and Queens were associated with which UK city?

London

Anglo-Saxons used to offer which sweet foods to keep the Gods happy in February?

Cake

People in Spain used to 12 of which fruit as clock struck midnight at New Year

Grape

Frost Fairs used to be held each January in which European capital?

London

In which European country was it tradition to give a book on Christmas Eve?

Iceland

Irish folklore said that which creatures hid gold at the end of rainbows?

Leprechauns

Priests were allowed to marry by the Catholic Church until which century?

12th

The traditional Mardi Gras celebrations originated in which country?

France

In which part of the world is there an old tradition called Morris Dancing?

England

The Alphorn was a traditional musical instrument from which country?

Switzerland

In Scandinavia, people traditionally feasted on which fish to celebrate Midsummer?

Herring Click to see the answer

Doctors used to think that which metal, known as quicksilver, could cure a range of diseases?

Mercury

Washing your face in the dew on the first day of which month was said to make you beautiful?

May

During which era was it tradition to make mourning jewellery out of a dead loved one's hair?

Victorian

It was traditionally believed that a Christmas Pudding should have how many ingredients, to represent Jesus and his disciples?

13

In medieval times, people believed hanging which plant in your house warded off evil spirits?

Mistletoe

People used to believe that leaving which color of tablecloth on overnight would mean a death?

White Click to see the answer

It used to be believed that breaking a mirror would bring how many years' bad luck?

7

In Scandinavia, people unmarried by which birthday were traditionally gifted a pepper pot?

30th

In Shakespearean times, which items of jewellery were worn to remember dead people?

Ring

It used to be customary in the Alps to wear which item of clothing, known as a dirndl?

Skirt

It used to be a custom to try to tell the sex of an unborn baby using which item of jewellery?

Wedding Ring

Which branch of the British armed forces used to enjoy a free half pint of rum per day?

Navy

Medieval doctors believed the body had to keep how many fluids in balance for health?

4

The old tradition states that spring starts when which bird is heard for the first time?

Cuckoo

St Lucia day, in which month, traditionally marked the start of Christmas in Northern Europe?

December Click to see the answer

In Ancient Greece, which people gained equal rights only during the summer festivals?

Slaves

Students at which famous University used to jump into the River Thames on May Day?

Oxford

Which food did farmers traditionally donate to the church on Lammas Day in August?

Bread

Collops of which food were traditionally served on Collop Monday in February in the UK?

Bacon

Children in the Netherlands traditionally believed St Nicholas arrived on which method of transport?

Ship

What color of cat crossing your path was considered unlucky across most of Europe, except for the UK?

Black

Before the Georgian calendar was introduced, which was the first month of the year?

March

A traditional belief was that which type of person was accompanied by a familiar spirit?

Witch

In Roman times, citizens usd to pour what into tombs in a tradition of feeding the dead?

Honey

When the 13th day of the month falls on which day, is it considered unlucky in Southern Europe?

Tuesday

People used to believe that fairies used to steal what and swap them with changelings?

Babies

Which American state celebrated the end of the whale hunting season each June with a blanket-tossing competition?

Alaska Click to see the answer

People traditionally believed that if it rained on St Swithin's Day, it would rain for how many more days?

40

Shadow Plays were a form of entertainment using puppets, popular in which country?

China

People used to have crosses made on their faces with which substance, the Wednesday before Lent?

Ash

In the 16th century it was custom to wear a doublet, a close-fitting version of which item of clothing?

Jacket

The traditional Chinese food of tang yuan, eaten in December, is based on which food?

Rice

In the UK, people used to dance with ribbons around a pole on the first day of which month?

May

Which animal was a traditional fertility symbol which became associated with Easter?

Rabbit

In Victorian times, it was traditional to make jewellery out of which part of a deceased person?

Hair

Before fairy lights were invented, what did people use to light their Christmas trees?

Candles

Which black substance was traditionally brought by the first visitor in the New Year?

Coal

Jack in Green was traditionally associated with celebrations to mark the start of which season?

Spring

Spanish people traditionally ate the nougat called 'turron' at which time of year?

Christmas

What was the name of the old economic system based on swapping rather than currency?

Barter

Athough Santa Claus is gaining in popularity, Spanish children believed that who brought them gifts?

Wise Men

Plough Monday was the day on which people used to have to go back to work after which festival?

Christmas

Michaelmas Day in September traditionally marked the end of which season in the UK?

Harvest

People used to believe that which creatures would steal their babies and swap them with changelings?

Fairies

What was the name of the tight bodice which is was custom for women to wear in Victorian times?

Corset

Medieval farmers would dance around which animals on New Year's Day, to try to guarantee good luck?

Cows

People used to believe you could avoid bad luck by greeting which bird when you saw it?

Magpie

People used to say 'bless you' after a sneeze because they worried that what would enter your body?

Devil

It used to be custom to ask which relative for the hand of the woman you wanted to marry?

Father

French people traditionally ate how many different desserts for their Christmas meal?

13

Scandinavian girls used to put flowers under their pillow at which time of year, to dream of their future husband?

Midsummer