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Fiddle 2009

If the Cadbury’s Smash Martians landed in the Assembly Rooms during the annual fiddle celebration, they’d doubtless have comments to send home about the mysterious backpacks that come as near-standard with the event’s participants.

As with our archaic peeling and cooking methods, they’d also end up having a laugh at what happens when these packs’ contents are revealed, because fiddle tunes invariably come accompanied by tales variously tall, mirthful or in some other way entertaining.