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Are these "fayre" events some kind of UK thing? I also didn't know offhand what "tombola" is and it comes across like it's part of a collection of standard acti
by zahlman 7d ago
Are these "fayre" events some kind of UK thing? I also didn't know offhand what "tombola" is and it comes across like it's part of a collection of standard activities for a "fayre" that have no cultural significance to me.
(Canadian here. Not everything is shared across the Commonwealth, I guess.)
- rossriley 7d agoYes, fayres are popular in the UK especially in schools and small villages. A Tombola is a type of raffle where people buy tickets and the winning numbers are picked from a rotating drum. Normally done to raise small amounts of money for local causes.
- ereiamjh 6d agoTombola: ahead of the event you ask for donations of prizes. We do it for a PTA, so it's a "no school uniform if you bring a Tombola prize" thing. Sweets, booze, trinkets, etc. Then you get two matching sets of raffle tickets. You put all of one set folded up in a drum. You take perhaps the ones ending in 0 or 5 from the other set, and tape them to prizes. Then you sell 5 draws for £1, if you draw 5 or 0 you win the corresponding prize. Very popular, big money spinner, legal without tedious admin. A common meme is that a lot of the prizes get regifted time and time again, especially unwanted weird booze - the strawberry liqueur someone aunt brought home from Spain.