I got hit in the teeth at England’s oldest ritual
In the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. | AD: 🌍 Download Saily now, avoid expensive roaming charges later: https://saily.com/tomscott | 🗺️ England series map: https://www.tomscott.com/england/
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@TomScottGo
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Thank you, Abbotts Bromley, and I'm sorry just to be one more person with a camera! | AD: 🌍 Saily has worked really well for me! Download now, avoid expensive roaming charges later: https://saily.com/tomscott
@jabz1582
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
To me this seems like the type of thing done for a Hunting Club, maybe a Hunting club was collaborating with the church to get funding for both their institutions.
@linuxstreamer8910
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
the collision trick is something the experts learned by also almost or having there teeth knocked out
@ho-hyongyoo3251
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
So this Wickerman thing is just normal in Britian just without human offering
@bentoth9555
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
You bought a t-shirt and it isn't red? Who are you, and what have you done with the real Tom?
@thetruthJdub
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Who said being a YouTuber isn't a contact sport 🤣
@DonIgnacioA
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Man that rest in peace hit me like a set of antlers to the teeth. He seemed to be a cheerful fellow. And he lives on in this tradition.
@baalrog616
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Damn that dedication at the end hit me hard… RIP Mick O'Hara, he seemed like such a fun bloke.
@Izandaia
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
The antlers being in the vicinity of a thousand years old is absolutely buck wild, pun intended.
@CircleThinker
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
I was wondering when you hit up against some of our glorious English folklore Tom. I'm a Morris dancer myself, this looks exactly like my sort of nonsense!
@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
I saw the thumbnail and I was like "someone needs to rescue Tom before he inadvertently ends up in a cult " 😂
@JayStar64
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Someone should try to recombine all the footage into a 3D animated model that you can walk around with in VR
@ukp42
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Rest in Peace Mick O’Hara❤
@Jimyjames73
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Loads of Villages have there own 'Village ritual'!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂
@presbiteroo
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
We need a Tom Scott series on trad dances in the UK.
@sksp6335
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
This is an ancient fursuit parade.
@OnlyFleets
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Wouldn't catch me dead with a camera at what feels like a private local event; regardless if it's considered public.
@Sheithan
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Nooooo, Mick! Man that sucks. May he rest well, may his family be well, may he be remembered.
@darkfent
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Okay…my algo is now lined up with British contents from channel I subbed to…they're unleashing all the contents at once
@scbtripwire
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
"… longer than mine but never mind." 😆 Stick envy!
@june4976
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Rest in peace, Mick O'Hara. May your legacy keep this wonderfully "nonsensical" tradition alive. ❤
@StarlordStavanger
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
RIP Mick O'Hara, he was my grandfather. Such a legend. Miss him so much
@melusine826
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Clearly this is not recorded during the current heatwave. I hope you make a really pointed science and impacts related episode
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