THE ORIGINS OF "OGGY NIGHT " ARE LOST IN THE MISTS OF TIME, AND CAN BE SUMMED UP BY THE PHRASE "MAD ENGLISH LIVING ABROAD", BUT CAN PROBABLY BE TRACED BACK TO INTER DOCKYARD RIVALRIES, AS THE THE DOCKYARDIES FROM SCOTLAND HAD "BURNS NIGHT" AS AN EXCUSE FOR A SOCIAL EVENT, THE DEVONPORT DOCKYARDIES INVENTED "OGGY NIGHT".

 

FOR THE UNINITIATED , OGGY IS THE LOCAL DIALECT NAME FOR A CORNISH PASTY, MORE CORRECTLY A "TIDDY OGGY" BUT ALWAYS SHORTENED TO OGGY BY LOCALS.

 

THE SOCIAL EVENING EVENTS COMPRISED THE BAKING OF AN ENORMOUS PASTY, WHICH WAS THEN CARRIED INTO THE HALL ON A GUN CARRIAGE TOWED BY THE GENTS DRESSED IN COUNTRY YOKEL SMOCKS & GAITERS, THE PARTICIPANTS THEN PERFORMED A MAYPOLE DANCE WITH RIBBONS ATTACHED TO THE CEILING FAN, SANG THE OGGY SONG ( YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE LYRICS, THEY NEED A CORNISH DIALECT TRANSLATION BOOK), THE OGGY WAS THEN DULY BLESSED BY BISHOP OGGY, AND THE OGGY WAS THEN CUT UP AND DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE GUESTS, FOLLOWED BY MANY PINTS OF "TIGER BEER".