British Popular Customs, Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and Domestic Manners of the People: Arranged According to the Calendar of the YearG. Bell, 1900 - 520 pages |
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ancient annual Antiq apples assemble attended Bartholomew Fair bells Book of Days boys Brand bread BUCKINGHAMSHIRE cake called Candlemas candles carried celebrated ceremony Christmas Day church colours Cornwall cross customary Customs and Charities dancing Day Book decorated DERBYSHIRE door dressed Easter Edited eggs England Evi Kalend fair feast festival fire first-foot flowers formerly Friday garland give head Henry Henry VIII HEREFORDSHIRE History honour horse inhabitants Ireland Isle John king ladies Lancashire London Lord maids manor May-day mayor maypole merry Monday morning neighbourhood neighbouring night NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE o'clock observed occasion origin OXFORDSHIRE Palm Sunday pancakes parish party person play plough Plough Monday pole poor procession Queen reign ribbons round saint says Scotland season Shrove Tuesday singing song sport STAFFORDSHIRE Stephen's Day streets Sunday Tenby town Trans Translated Trinity Sunday Valentine village wassail Year's YORKSHIRE young