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Obby may refer to: Hobby horses, as in the slang phrase "'obby 'oss" (e.g., 'Obby 'Oss festival) Obby Khan, Canadian football player. Obby Kapita (died 2002), Zambian football player and coach. Categories: Disambiguation pages.
The 'Obby 'Oss festival ( / ˈɒbi ˈɒs /) [ 1] is a folk custom that takes place each 1st of May in Padstow, a coastal town in North Cornwall. It involves two separate processions making their way around the town, each containing an eponymous hobby horse known as the 'Obby 'Oss. The festival starts at midnight on the 30th of April when ...
43,000+ (2020)[ 2] Website. www .hobbylobby .com. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018. [ 1] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states.
In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world. In England, they are particularly associated with May Day celebrations, mummers' plays and the Morris dance. Look up hobby horse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Musical artist. Signature. Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) [ 1] is a retired American singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material. [ 2][ 3] Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". [ 4]
Bobby Fischer. Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
Minehead Hobby Horse. The Hobby Horse in 2008. In the coastal town of Minehead, located in the southwest English county of Somerset, there is a folk custom on May Day entailing the parading of a brightly decorated hobby horse around the locality. The origins of the custom are unknown. The earliest known record of the practice dates from 1830.
Golowan (sometimes also Goluan) is the Cornish languageword for the Midsummercelebrations in Cornwall, UK; they were widespread prior to the late 19th century and most popular in the Penwitharea and in particular in Penzance. The celebrations began on St John's Eve(23rd June) with bonfires, fireworks, dancing and music, followed by a fair ...