I'd be very interested to hear if anyone has evidence of an 'Obby Oss' being found in any country other than Britain, or even outside Padstow.
(My little one here in NZ doesn't count.)
There may have been a hobby horse or two taken over and there are certainly different versions of that type of contraption all around the world but not an Oss.
Yes, a teacher in Australia built one a few years ago - I've seen a photo of that one, and I've built 3 over the years, all child size, but the full size Padstow Oss doesn't seem to have migrated from Cornwall in earlier years.
I don't know if the Minehead one ever did.
OSS OSS
WEE OSS
Robyn