Home Site Map January February March April May June July August September October November December 4 July Whalton Baal Festival A traditional Midsummer fire festival, probably deriving from Celtic times. Baal derives from an old word for light. 5 July Tynwald Ceremony, Isle of Man An open air meeting on Tynwald Hill, said to have been built from a portion of the soil from each region of Man. The ceremony involves the reading of the years laws. 15 July St Swithins day The Bishop of Winchester or St Swithin died in AD 862. In legend the monks could not remove his body for 40 days and 40 nights because of torrential rain. It has now become folklore that if it rains on St Swithins day, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. 19 July Festival of Isis 25 July Ebenoe Horn Fair, West Sussex