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 High School after which the high school was renamed Royal Oak High School. In 2009, Detroit rapper Eminem shot his short film "Where Have You Been?" in the halls and on the grounds of Royal Oak High School. On October 12, 2010, Royal Oak High School was featured on the MTV show If You Really Knew Me. The episode was the season 1 finale, and documents "Challenge Day" at Royal Oak High School. The high school had an average score of 43.5 on the state's MEAP test in 2011 and a very high number of AP students. There have been two student