About Braughing
Braughing a village in Hertfordshire, has been around for a long time. More recently the village is famous for the Braughing Pork Sausage first made in 1954 by Douglas White and his wife Anna. The recipe has remained the same and the sausages are still made in the shop using the original recipe. The village still has a couple of pubs and places to eat. If you are looking for a companion to enjoy these facilities with, or just fancy some female company without travailing into town. Then Diamond Escorts could be the solution. Our Braughing escorts can meet you within an hour of being booked, they can meet you at your home or maybe at one of the local hotels. They will always be stunning, very sexy, and will put you at ease as soon as you meet. Take a look at our web site, you will be very impressed with the quality of the pictures and the beauty of our escorts. When you have made a choice then contact one of our friendly staff who will assist and arrange everything for you. Then just sit back in Braughing and wait for her to arrive.
A very old village tradition that continues today in Braughing is Old Man's Day it started on 2nd October 1571, as the funeral bell was being rung, the coffin of a local farmer, Matthew Wall, was being carried down Fleece Lane towards the village Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Matthew's fiance and other mourners were deeply distressed. He was only a young man. As they made their way to the funeral service, one of pallbearers slipped on the damp autumn leaves and they dropped the coffin - waking young Matthew, from what was simply a deep sleep. Confused and wondering wherever he was, he began frantically hitting the inside of the wooden case with his fist. The mourners removed the lid and were overjoyed to find him alive and well.
Matthew had been in a coma and had been suffering from what is believed to be a form of epilepsy. A year after this strange event he married his beautiful fiance and lived many more years. When eventually he did die in 1595, his will made financial provision for Fleece Lane to be swept each year, after which the funeral bell, and then a wedding peal, were to be rung. The money, invested in Braughing Parish Charities also paid for his grave to be pegged with brambles to prevent grazing sheep from damaging it.
The 2nd October is, to this very day, known as Old Man's Day. The tradition still continues and schoolchildren now sweep the leaves from the lane, the bells are rung, and a short service is held at Matthew Wall's graveside.