The "Wee Pies" are the annual general business meetings of the seven Crafts. They are held on Michaelmass (29th September) if it falls on Monday or on the first Monday after Michaelmass.

After the business, which includes election of office bearers and the representatives to the master court, each Craft normally has a meal and refreshments followed by social harmony, with Craftsmen telling humorous stories, singing songs and providing others forms of musical entertainment. In recent years, Crafts have invited guest speakers from various fields.

As a matter of courtesy the "Big Three", the Deacon Convenor, the Collector and the Clerk, visit each Wee Pie to acknowledge the work of the Craft throughout the year and review its plans for the future.

The Wrights and Squaremen are the only exception to this practice, this Craft's constitution states that the annual meetings are held on the first Tuesday (the business meeting) after the first Monday after Michaelmass and then the following Monday (the social meeting). The Tuesday meeting was introduced as it was more practical since the first Monday in October was a traditional local trades holiday.

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The Michaelmass Court meeting is the A.G.M. of the master court of the Incorporation and is held on the Wednesday after the Wee Pies. The four elected members of each Craft are eligible to attend along with the Deacon Convenor, Collector, Clerk, Late Convenor and Ex Convenors.

This is the traditional meeting where all important formal business of the Incorporation is carried out, including introduction of representatives from each Craft to the Convenor's Court, payment of each Craft's levy to the court and Annual Election of the Deacon Convenor, Collector and Clerk and acknowledgement of the Late Convenor.

It has become the practice for the Deacon Convenor to hold monthly committee meetings to plan and organise the day to day business of the Incorporation including all the charity fund raising events, however, the Michaelmass meeting remains the official formal meeting of the master court.

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The "Big Pie" is an evening where all Crafts come together to hold an annual celebration, usually in October about a fortnight after the Michaelmass Court meeting.

Tradition has it that, to mark his elevation to office, the Deacon Convenor used to provide a large steak pie for the Craftsmen, hence the name and of course the Wee Pies are smaller version of this event.

In recent times the Big Pie has become a prestigious formal dinner with prominent speakers and guests from the fields of  politics, industry, commerce, education and of course from other Trades Houses throughout the country.

Confusingly, a small token individual pie is often eaten at the Big Pie whilst a rather larger version at the Wee Pies, so at the Big Pie you eat a wee pie and at the Wee Pie you eat a big pie!!