Oak Apple Day Tower Captain throws the old branch down from the top of the tower and a new one is hauled to the top. Everyone is then invited to the vicarage gardens for refreshments and a barbecue. Up to 12 noon villagers wear a sprig of "red" (new) oak and in the afternoon wear a sprig of "Boys Love" ("Artemisia abrotanum"); tradition dictates that the punishment for not doing this results in being stung by nettles. Oak Apple Day Restoration Day, more commonly known as Oak Apple Day or Royal Oak Day, was an English public holiday, observed annually on 29 May,
Royal Oak Middle School Royal Oak Middle School Royal Oak Middle School is the only middle school in the Charter Oak Unified School District and is located in the City of Covina, California, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. Royal Oak was a 1996 California Distinguished School Royal Oak Middle School opened in 1985 on the site of the former Royal Oak High School, which opened in 1965. Originally, the middle school served students in sixth through eighth grades. In 2007, the mission of the school changed to serve only seventh- and eighth-grade students. Enrollment in the 2016-2017 school year is