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? Si Barber 07739 472 922 The Straw Bear parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.