Post by: AngelOfThyNight on August 27, 2017, 05:16:04 PM
ST JULIAN'S, Malta (Reuters) - For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St Julian's have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, protruding over the sea.
Source: At Maltese festival, climbing the greasy pole is part of the fun (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/oddlyEnoughNews/~3/o7-_Y5kAXv8/us-malta-oddly-idUSKCN1B70TH)