{"id":14650,"date":"2019-12-10T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhehs.gdst.net\/?p=14650"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:57:30","slug":"the-boars-head-carol-a-unique-nhehs-christmas-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhehs.gdst.net\/the-boars-head-carol-a-unique-nhehs-christmas-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boar&#8217;s Head Carol &#8211; A Unique NHEHS Christmas Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14658 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhehs.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Boars-head-natalie-277x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" \/>It\u2019s that time of year again when we celebrate a very special and unique NHEHS pre-Christmas tradition \u2013 The Boar\u2019s Head Carol.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14659 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhehs.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/boars-head-outside-church-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, a boar\u2019s head made of papier mache will be processed down the aisle at St Barnabas Church by the Head Girl, followed by the rest of Year 13, all singing the ancient Boar\u2019s Head Carol.<\/p>\n<p>The Boar\u2019s Head procession has been part of Notting Hill life for over 100 years and has become well and truly established as one of the pre-Christmas traditions of the school.<\/p>\n<p>So far, we have not been able to establish when or why the Boar\u2019s Head procession began here as it is associated with a men\u2019s college in Oxford (Queen\u2019s) and there were no male teachers at the time who could have introduced it.<\/p>\n<p>However, we do know that in 1911, the GPDST Council decided that it was \u2018inappropriate!\u2019\u00a0 In 2010, only three English schools held the procession \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hppc.co.uk\/Boars-Head-Procession-and-Feast?returnUrl=\/News-Sixth\">Hurstpierpoint College<\/a>, Millfield and Notting Hill, but it is fairly certain that we are the only girl\u2019s school in the world to have this ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen\u2019s College version of the carol, which is used at Notting Hill, was published in 1521 and is therefore thought to be the first carol to be printed in England.<\/p>\n<p>The story behind the carol relates to an Oxford student who, while out walking, encountered an angry boar. Fearing for his safety, he rammed the book he was reading down the gaping throat of the animal and suffocated it \u2013 \u2018sage\u2019 overcoming \u2018savage!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14657 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhehs.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/boars-head-carried-1-e1575988606472-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"437\" \/>BOAR&#8217;S HEAD CAROL<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Queens College Version, Oxford, England. First published in 1521.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The boar&#8217;s head in hand bear I<br \/>\nBedecked with bays and rosemary<br \/>\nI pray you, my masters, be merry<br \/>\nQuot estis in convivio<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS: Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino<\/p>\n<p>The boar&#8217;s head, as I understand,<br \/>\nIs the rarest dish in all this land,<br \/>\nWhich thus bedecked with a gay garland<br \/>\nLet us servire cantico.<em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>Our steward hath provided this<br \/>\nIn honor of the King of bliss<br \/>\nWhich, on this day to be served is<br \/>\nIn Reginensi atrio<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Boar\u2019s Head Carol is captured on video on our Old Girls\u2019 Association Facebook Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NHEHSoldgirlsassoc\/videos\/331716324084156\/\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of year again when we celebrate a very special and unique NHEHS pre-Christmas tradition \u2013 The Boar\u2019s Head Carol. 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