What is Haxey Hood?

If you like getting crafty, and joining in big games with people in your local area, then you'll love the Haxey Hood.

It's a really old tradition from a village called Haxey, which is in Lincolnshire.

This year organisers reached out to local children by visiting their school to teach them about the event.

James Chatwin, who takes part in the Haxey Hood, said: "It's all about getting the community together and making sure the tradition continues."

Since as early as the 14th century, people in the village have come together every year to push a leather tube, known as the hood, to one of the village pubs.

This year, children from two local schools have taken part in a competition to create a hat which they were encouraged to wear for the game, which happens every year on 6 January.

Children wearing hats was traditionally a huge part of the event, but it hasn't happened much over the last few years.

Florence, 8, said her hat took two days to make, and her grandma even knitted some flowers to go on it.

Violet, 7, also put flowers on her hat: " Flowers represent summer, and summer and spring are coming, so that's why I added flowers and butterflies", she told the BBC.

But Joseph, 7, had a bit more of a wintry feel, as he made his with some of his Christmas tree - and it only took about 10 minutes, he said.

Hazel Krco, Parent Teacher Association secretary at the school said: "It's really important the children learn about the local tradition and it will help to keep it going in the future because they are the next generation of the Haxey Hood."

The history of the game starts with a riding hood blowing away in the wind.

A woman called Lady de Mowbray was out riding between Westwoodside and Haxey – between Gainsborough, Scunthorpe and Doncaster – when she lost her silk headpiece in a gust of wind.

Farmers in the area chased it to try and help her get it back, which she found very funny.

So funny in fact, that she rewarded them with some land, but only if they reenacted the scene every year from then on.

The story goes that the person who actually managed to get the riding hood back was too shy to give it to Lady to Mowbray, and instead handed it to someone else to give to her.

The first person was labelled a fool, and the second a lord, and now both of these characters are played by people taking part in the annual Haxey Hood game.

Traditionally the game – which can run for hours and attracts hundreds of spectators and participants – involves pushing the 3ft (1m) the hood to one of the four pubs in the two villages.