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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Pooran

Mystery of ancient tradition makes it special, says Scots town’s Burryman

Burryman Andrew Taylor parades through the town of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The man at the centre of a Scottish town’s centuries-old “Burryman” tradition says the mystery behind the unusual costume he wears each year is what makes it special.

Each year, Andrew Taylor dons a stifling costume covered head-to-toe in plant burrs and walks a nine-mile route around South Queensferry as part of the town’s fair week.

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