The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas SeasonF. Warne & Company, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... Mistletoe ; Christmas Minstrelsy ; Waits ; Carol Singing ; Christmas Carols ; Annual Carol Sheets ; London Carol Singers ; Bellman . Part Second . THE CHRISTMAS DAYS . f . THOMAS'S DAY • • • Various Country Customs on this day ; St ...
... Mistletoe ; Christmas Minstrelsy ; Waits ; Carol Singing ; Christmas Carols ; Annual Carol Sheets ; London Carol Singers ; Bellman . Part Second . THE CHRISTMAS DAYS . f . THOMAS'S DAY • • • Various Country Customs on this day ; St ...
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... AT CHRISTMAS Too Late For the Coach BRINGING Home ChrisTMAS 134 • 157 163 · 170 • 172 173 THE MISTLETOE BOUGH • WAITS . 191 197 LONDON CAROL SINGERS : BELL - RINGING . 215 · 219 THE LORD OF MISRULE Christmas PRESENTS ST . THOMAS'S DAY.
... AT CHRISTMAS Too Late For the Coach BRINGING Home ChrisTMAS 134 • 157 163 · 170 • 172 173 THE MISTLETOE BOUGH • WAITS . 191 197 LONDON CAROL SINGERS : BELL - RINGING . 215 · 219 THE LORD OF MISRULE Christmas PRESENTS ST . THOMAS'S DAY.
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... mistletoe hung over each man's own door . The black - jacks might go round in the hall of the lord of the manor ; but they who could had a wassail - bowl of their own . The pageantries and high observances of the time might draw men to ...
... mistletoe hung over each man's own door . The black - jacks might go round in the hall of the lord of the manor ; but they who could had a wassail - bowl of their own . The pageantries and high observances of the time might draw men to ...
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... mistletoe mingle with the white tresses that hang over the brow of the one , is the other hidden by a veil ? The face on which we gaze is the face of an old man , and a not uncheerful old man , — a face marked by many a scar , by the ...
... mistletoe mingle with the white tresses that hang over the brow of the one , is the other hidden by a veil ? The face on which we gaze is the face of an old man , and a not uncheerful old man , — a face marked by many a scar , by the ...
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Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas Season Thomas Kibble Hervey. BRINGING HOME CHRISTMAS . - Page 173 . THE MISTLETOE BOUGH . - Page 191 .
Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas Season Thomas Kibble Hervey. BRINGING HOME CHRISTMAS . - Page 173 . THE MISTLETOE BOUGH . - Page 191 .
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Abbot alluded amid amongst amusements ancient appears ballads beautiful Ben Jonson berries bird bough called carols ceremonies character cheer Christ Christmas day Christmas Prince Christmass Church court curious customs daie dancing domum dulce dulce domum England Father Christmas feast feelings festival forms furnish gentleman George Ferrers give Gray's Inn hall hath heart holly holy Inns of Court joyous king lady land laugh London look Lord of Misrule masque Master memory ment mention merry mingle mirth mistletoe monarch night observances occasion officer old Christmas ourselves pageantries period play Polydore Virgil practice present Puritans queen quotes readers reign religious revels rosemary round sacred Saint George Sandys Saturnalia says school-boy sing solemn song speak spirit superstitions sweet thee things Thomas Cawarden thou tion town turkeys Twelfth Night UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS verses voices wandering wassail wassail-bowl winter young courtier