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In presenting the following pages to the Public I do not lay claim to any originality, my object simply having been to collect together, into a readable and condensed form, from various sources within my reach, accounts of Customs which, if not already obsolete, are quickly becoming so. With regard to the general plan of the book, it speaks for itself. It should, however, be stated that the movable feasts are placed under the earliest days on which they can fall. In conclusion, I would only add that I am much indebted to Mr. James Britten, of the Br1sth Museum, for the valuable help and suggestions which he has given me whilst passing the proof-sheets through the Press. T. F. Thiselton Dyer.
Note: The index below is only a partial index check the full book index on page 610.
British Popular Customs Present And Past - Index
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Title Page
Printers Notice
PREFACE
New Year's Gifts , Druids, New Year's Day - 0101
Page - 0102
Page - 0103
Pin-money, Glove Money, New Year's Ode - 0104
Offering Days, Dipping, Bible- opening, Apples,Bells - 0105
Buckinghamshire, Essex, Westmoreland - 0106
Herefordshire, - 0107
Quaaltagh - 0108
Page - 0109
Jack of Hilton, Moseley'b Dole - 0110
Page - 0111
Hoofing-place, God Cabs, Warwickshire - 0112
Page - 0113
Yorkshire Hagmena Song - 0114
Hot Pint, Fig-one, Het Pint - 0115
Page - 0116
Ream of the Well, Dead and Living Ford, Flower of the Well - 0117
Juniper burnt before cattle, Smuchdan - 0118
New Year's Song, Handsel Monday, Christmas Presents - 0119
Beans- kings, Festival of, Epiphany, Devonshire - 0120
Clome- the used in wassailing - 0121
Bonfires, Gloucestershire - 0122
Lambs' Wool, Staffordshire, Wassail Eve, Yorkshire - 0123
Twelfth Night, Twelfth Day, Epiphany, Twelfth Cake - 0124
Twelfth Night Cards - 0125
King of the Bean - 0126
Page - 0127
Wassaile - 0128
Cumberland - 0129
Tharve Cake, Dorsetshire, Derbyshire, Idle of Axholme - 0130
Hays the - 0131
Boggons, Hood throwing the, Throwing the Hand - 0132
Page - 0133
fiddler's Head cutting off, Mainstyr, Glattonburv thorn - 0134
Song of the Wren, Wales, Holly Night - 0135
Rock Day, Distaff's (St.) Day - 0136
Plough Monday, Plough lights, Fool-plough - 0137
Page - 0138
Shrove Tuesday, Cock in pot, Bullocks,Cock on the dunghill - 0139
Leicestershire, Plough Witchers - 0140
God speed the Plough, - 0141
Plowlick Monday, Norfolk - 0142
Oxfordshire - 0143
Hilary's (St.) Day, Song of the Mallard, Mallard Night - 0144
Funeral of the Alleluia, Septuagesima - 0145
Agnes' (St.) Eve, Agnes' (St.) Fast - 0146
Agnes' (St.) Day, Eve of Paul's Tide, Cornwall - 0147
Paul Pitcher Night - 0148
Cramp Rings, Paul's (St.) Cathedral, Paul's (St.) Day - 0149
Execution of Charles King of England - 0150
Raffling-Day at Newark, Laa'l Brushey - 0151
Christinas Clog, Egg Saturday, Candlemas Eve - 0152
Page - 0153
Virgin Mary Purification of, Candlemas Day - 0154
All Hallow Mass, Candlemas Candle - 0155
Scotland, Candlemas bleeze or blaze - 0156
Candlemas Bai, Collop Monday - 0157
Niokanan Night, Bacchus- Verses written in honour of - 0158
Page - 0159
Blasius (St.), Blaize's (St.) Day - 0160
Page - 0161
Pancake Bell, Candles offered to St. Blayse - 0162
Pancake, Flap-jack - 0163
Page - 0164
Pancake Month, Cock Fighting - 0165
Throwing at Cocks - 0166
Shy for Shy, Cocks and Dump, Shying at Leaden Cocks - 0167
Hen-threshing, Smugging, Threshing the Hen - 0168
Cheshire - 0169
Lent Crocking - 0170
Page - 0171
Barring out - 0172
Page - 0173
Page - 0174
Football - 0175
Wiltshire - 0176
Hampshire - 0177
Curfew Bell, Fritter Bell, Dough-nut Day, Cock throwing - 0178
Cock Penny, Lancashire, Whipping Toms - 0179
Westminster School tossing the pancake at, Isle of Man - 0180
Coquilles, Cocquels, Fastyngonge Tuesday - 0181
Pan burn-Bell, Shropshire - 0182
Northumberland, Leek Pasties - 0183
Ash Wednesday - 0184
Rope-pulling at Ludlow - 0185
Goodish Tuesday, Suffolk, Sharp Tuesday, Trap and ball - 0186
Isle of Wight, - 0187
Crowdie, Fastren's E'en - 0188
Bannich Junit - 0189
Bannich Bruader - 0190
Page - 0191
King's Cock Crower, Cock Crower - 0192
JackO'Lent - 0193
Friars' Girdles worn by ladies - 0194
Scambling Days - 0195
Myche a kind of bread, Fritter Thursday, Fruttors Thursday - 0196
Scholastica's (St.) Day - 0197
Valentine's (St.) Eve - 0198
Hempseed divination by, Lad's Valentine - 0199
Page - 0200
Valentines - 0201
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Looking through the keyhole, Valentine dealing, Valentining - 0205
Sweeping the Girls - 0206
Holly Boy, Ivy Girl - 0207
Northamptonshire - 0208
Good Morrow Valentine, Nottinghamshire, Catching, - 0209
Cymhortha, David's (St.) Day, Leeks worn on St. David's Day - 0210
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Simnel Sunday, Millent Sunday, Swiff - 0213
Siranels - 0214
Simnel Bread, Lambert Simmel,Wastel the - 0215
Mothering going a, Mothering Sunday - 0216
Braggot, Sunday, Furmity - 0217
Paste-Egg Day, Hock-tide, Careing Fair, Good Pas Day - 0218
Fag-pies, Berkshire, Fig-pie Wake, Wetting the Block - 0219
Friday in Lide - 0220
Passion Sunday, Piran's (St.) Day, Care Sunday - 0221
Carlings, Sunday, Carl Sunday - 0222
Carling Groat, Whirlin Sunday, Whirlin Cakes - 0223
Page - 0224
Gregory's (St.) Day, Penny Loaf Day - 0225
Palm Saturday, Palm Sunday - 0226
Palming going a - 0227
Fig-Sundav - 0228
Page - 0229
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Patrick's Crosses - 0233
Jolly k, Flowering Sunday - 0234
Patrick's (St.) Day - 0235
Shamrock - 0236
Patrick's Pot - 0237
Page - 0238
Maundy Thursday, Sheelah's Day, Chare Thursday - 0239
Mandate Thursday, Maundy Money, Maundy Loaves - 0240
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Sher Shere Thursday, Shier Thursday - 0246
Page - 0247
Turkey, God's Day, Paschal Day, Goddes Day, Bloody Thursday - 0248
Page - 0249
Hot Gross Buns, Holy Saturday, Buns- made on Good Friday - 0250
Passion-dock, Herb-pudding, Bedfordshire - 0251
Page - 0252
James' (St.) Palace, Fig-sue, Cracklin Friday - 0253
Molly Grime figure in Glentbam Church, Rowan-tree use of - 0254
Judas Iscariot flogging of - 0255
Yew Churches decorated with on Good Friday - 0256
Churches decorated, Long Rope Day - 0257
Christ's Bed making of, Mitlet e - 0258
Font-hallowing, Easter Eve, Paschal Taper - 0259
Page - 0260
Easter Day - 0261
Bacon- gammon , Easter, - 0262
Pace Eggs - 0263
Page - 0264
Sugar-Cupping, Biddenham Cakes - 0265
Page - 0266
Chopping at the Tree, Tansy Cake - 0267
Page - 0268
Easter Monday - 0269
Page - 0270
Elecampane, Epping Hunt - 0271
Pudding-pieing going a, Corn Showing - 0272
Heaving, Lifting - 0273
Page - 0274
Heaving Days - 0275
Clipping the Church - 0276
Parish Clerks' Meeting, Children's Day - 0277
Trundling of Eggs - 0278
Easter Tuesday, Christ's Hospital London - 0279
Lady Dav, Holly Bussing, Annunciation Festival of - 0280
Pope-Ladies, Gyst Ale, Pope Joan, Mailings Marlocking - 0281
Page - 0282
Low Sunday, Evelyn John, Walk Money, White Sunday - 0283
Low Easter Day, Kuappan, Poisson d'Avril, All Fools' Day - 0284
Page - 0285
Page - 0286
April Gouks, Cuckoo - 0287
Hunting the Gowk, Richard's (St.) Dav, Binding Tuesday - 0288
Hoke Day, Hocktide play at Chester, Kenilworth Castle - 0289
Page - 0290
John O Gaunt's Day, Hock Money - 0291
TuthDay, Cuckoo Ale, Pershore Fair Day, George's (St.) Day - 0292
Bluecoats- worn on St. George's Day - 0293
Page - 0294
Page - 0295
Goose-pics - 0296
Riding of the George - 0297
Page - 0298
Ass-ridlin, Dumb-cake, Mark's' St.) Eve - 0299
Mark's (St.) Day, Church-porch watching in the - 0300
Freemen's Well, Leaping the Well - 0301
Page - 0302
Walking the Fair, Timber Waits, Timbrel Waits - 0303
Rogation Sunday, Procession Week, Teiminalia, Grass Week - 0304
Shaftesbury Bezant - 0305
Trinity Monday - 0306
Bezant-festival at Shaftesbury, Youling - 0307
Gospel Trees, Processioning - 0308
Penny Hedge the - 0309
Gang Monday Land, Bounds beating, Blessing of the Brine - 0310
Well-dressing - 0311
Hailing the Lamb - 0312
Beating the Cross, Staylace, Clergy, Ascension, the Colne - 0313
Page - 0314
Smock Race, Holy Thursday, May Eve - 0315
May Dolls, Heavy Cake, May Music - 0316
Mitchief Night - 0317
Page - 0318
Page - 0319
Ket Bank - 0320
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Page - 0322
Beltein, Floralia, May Day - 0323
Maying going a - 0324
May Games, May Dew - 0325
Robin Hood - 0326
Page - 0327
Maypoles - 0328
Page - 0329
Page - 0330
Kit-dressing, Milk Maids' Dance, Chimney Sweepers' Dance - 0331
May Songs - 0332
May Gosling, Gosling May - 0333
Irving Washington Maypole, May Lady - 0334
Dipping Day - 0335
Looe Fair Day, Hobby-horse - 0336
Page - 0337
May Queen - 0338
Page - 0339
Page - 0340
Page - 0341
Running Lands - 0342
May Bough, Horses decorated on May Day, Garland Day - 0343
Page - 0344
May Gads - 0345
Mace Board - 0346
Gerard's Hall, Andrew's (St.) Under Shaft - 0347
Evil May-day - 0348
May Fair - 0349
Page - 0350
Page - 0351
Page - 0352
Duck-under-water, May Feast, Cushion Dance - 0353
Page - 0354
Page - 0355
Page - 0356
Ram Feast, May Syllabub - 0357
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Page - 0359
Horns blown on May Day - 0360
Page - 0361
Hobby-hording - 0362
Page - 0363
Jack of May - 0364
Page - 0365
Page - 0366
Page - 0367
Page - 0368
Page - 0369
Salmon superstition regarding - 0370
Page - 0371
Page - 0372
Yarrow divination connected with - 0373
Rowan-tree Grads, Rowan-tree Day, Helen's (St.) Day - 0374
La Sheachanna na bleanagh, Dismal Day, Zurry Festival - 0375
Fade-dance - 0376
Page - 0377
Whitsun Ale, Bride-Ale, Leet Ale, Scarlet Days - 0378
Hirings for servants - 0379
Rushes strewn in churches, lady Godiva - 0380
Birch- used as a decoration at Whitsuntide - 0381
Whitsun Tryste Fair - 0382
Whitsun Monday, Whiten Mysteries, Miracle Plays - 0383
Dulce Domum sung at Win-Chester School - 0384
Millers King of the, King of the Millers - 0385
Page - 0386
Array- Court of, Boy's Bailiff - 0387
Page - 0388
Green Bower Feast - 0389
Eton Montem, Whitsun Tuesday - 0390
Red Spear Knights, Bairn-bishop, Fairchild Lecture - 0391
Coteswold Games, Riding the Marches - 0392
Eel Fair - 0393
Trinity Sunday - 0394
Nod Beuno - 0395
Deptford Fair - 0396
Lady of the Lamb, Corpus Christi Day/Eve, Gloves at Fairs - 0397
Page - 0398
Page - 0399
Shrewsbury Show, Coventry Show Fair - 0400
Royal Oak Day, Flitting Day, Restoration, Oak Apple Day - 0401
Page - 0402
Durham, Push-penny - 0403
Page - 0404
Penderell Richard, Apple Day, Shig-Shag - 0405
Page - 0406
Page - 0407
Paignton Fair - 0408
Heriot's Hospital - 0409
Columb's (St.) Well, Barnabas' (St.) Day, Columbaffl - 0410
Vitus'(St.) Day, John's (St.) Eve, Miikummer Eve - 0411
Fern - superstitions connected with, Midsummer Men - 0412
Page - 0413
Giants display of at Chester - 0414
Grotto pray remember the, Goluan - 0415
Midsummer Watch - 0416
Cresset-light - 0417
Page - 0418
Farthing Loaf Day - 0419
Page - 0420
Page - 0421
Page - 0422
Pot-fair, John's (St.) Dav, Midsummer Day - 0423
Dutton family,Cheshire minstrels - 0424
Tynwald Day - 0425
Page - 0426
Hay strewn in churches - 0427
Old Midsummer Day - 0428
Egg-hopping - 0429
Page - 0430
Peter's (St.) Day - 0431
Flag Day, Reed Day - 0432
Buryin Peter, Rising Peter - 0433
Rush-bearing, Commencement Day - 0434
Leith Races - 0435
Page - 0436
Greenock Fair,Boyne battle of - 0437
Becket- Thomas-a- - 0438
Lord of Misrule, Becket's Fair, Halgaver Court - 0439
Relic Sunday, Aughrim- battle of - 0440
Swithins (St.) Day, Farthings, Kenelm's, Crabbing Parson - 0441
Page - 0442
Margaret's (St.) Day - 0443
James' (St.) Day, Bridget's (St.) Eve, Oysters - 0444
Compostella- Shrine of St. James at - 0445
Nicking of Swans, Mace Monday, Olave's Day, Swan-upping - 0446
Peter-Pence, Gule of August,Alaf-mass, Lammas Day - 0447
Glove Silver - 0448
Doggett Thomas - 0449
Lotts. the, Roche's ('St.) Day - 0450
Sloe Fair, Lammas Towers, Wilfrid's (St.) Feast - 0451
Tooting-horn - 0452
Page - 0453
Hunting the Ram, - 0454
Oswald's (St.) Day, Apprentices' Feast - 0455
Ravenglass Fair - 0456
Black Cherry Fair, Virgin Mary, Harrow School shooting at - 0457
Gaunt John of, Minstrels' Festival - 0458
Page - 0459
Page - 0460
Hentzner Paul,Bartholomew Fair,Rayer or Rahere - 0461
Page - 0462
Cloth Fair - 0463
Piepowder Court of - 0464
Page - 0465
Page - 0466
Knives, St. Bartholomew's Day,Croyland Abbey - 0467
Preston Guild - 0468
Bull-baiting, Eccles Cakes - Eccles Wake - 0469
Dart throwing the, Throwing the Dart, Chalk-back-Day - 0470
Cuthbert's (St.) Day, Stagg offering - 0471
Virgin Mary Nativity of, Holy Cross Day, Holy Hood Day - 0472
Nutting going a, Onion Fair, Matthew'sDay - 0473
Agatha (St.) - 0474
Valentine's [St) Day, Michaelmas Eve, Scalding Thursday - 0475
Garland Sunday, Garlic Sunday, Crab-Apples,Michaelmas Day - 0476
Page - 0477
Lawless at Kings Hill - 0478
Barton Fair, Lawless Hour at Kidderminster - 0479
Mace burying the, Ganging Day, Old Michaelmas Day - 0480
Page - 0481
Page - 0482
Goose Fair Nottingham, Michael's (St1) Bannock, Cake - 0483
Faith's (St.) Day - 0484
Page - 0485
Bear-baiting, Jack and Joan, Pack Monday,Dogs Whipping of - 0486
Whip-dog Day, Dish Fair, Charlton Fair - 0487
Acres Fair, Crispin's (St.) Day - 0488
Page - 0489
Rhyne Toll the, Modwen s (St.) Day - 0490
Page - 0491
Page - 0492
Page - 0493
Nut Crack Night, Apples ducking,Hallow Eve - 0494
Lating or Leeting Witches, Allan Day, Fires,St Blaize's - 0495
Inns of Court, Hollantide Eve - 0496
All Hallows' Day, Pippins divination by - 0497
Coelcoeth, Cake Night - 0498
Page - 0499
Page - 0500
Balmoral Castle- Halloween at, Dole Bread - 0501
Page - 0502
Maternus (St.) - 0503
All Saints' Day, Hunting the Squirrel, Wakes Monday - 0504
Tinley, Soul Cakes, All Souls' Eve, Souling going a - 0505
Psalm Caking - 0506
Monmouthshire - 0507
Page - 0508
Tindles, Soul Mass Cakes, All Souls' Day - 0509
Dirge Loaf, Gunpowder Plot- Guy Fawkes day - 0510
Page - 0511
Page - 0512
Pork Acre - 0513
Pronging poing a - 0514
Page - 0515
Avage or Avisage, Parkin, Leonard's (St.) Day - 0516
Lord Mayor's Day, - 0517
Martys (St.) Day, Salt-Silver, Mart its meaning - 0518
Page - 0519
Ward Penny, Swarf Penn, Wroth Money - 0520
Bull-running, Brices' (St.) Day - 0521
Elizabeth, Erconwald's (St.) Day - 0522
Clement's (St.) Day, Baker's Clem - 0523
Page - 0524
Page - 0525
Wigs a sort of Cake, Catherine's (St.) Day, Cattern Day - 0526
Page - 0527
Candle Day - 0528
Cathern bowl, Andrew's (St.) Day - 0529
Mummers, Tander Tandrew, StAndrew's Day, Androis Mess - 0530
Andisop, Picrous Da, Stir-up-Sunday, Advent Bells - 0531
Nicholas'(St.) Eve, Old Clem, Nicholas' (St.) Day - 0532
Page - 0533
Page - 0534
Page - 0535
Nicholas (St.) tradition relating to - 0536
Barchan's (St.) Day - 0537
Sow Day, Thomas' (St.), Gooding going-a, Tibba's (St.) Day - 0538
Thomas' (St.) Onion - 0539
Page - 0540
Thomasin going a, Mumping going a, Mumping Day - 0541
Cobbs- given away on St. Thomas' Day - 0542
Corning- going a, Doleing Day - 0543
Page - 0544
Page - 0545
Ashton faggot, Mock, Christmas Eve - 0546
Oxen superstition regarding - 0547
Rumbald Night - 0548
Oiel Verry, Boat Sunday - 0549
Grace Cup, Apple-trees wassailing of - 0550
Yule Candle, Cob-loaf stealing, Bees- Superstition - 0551
Devils' Knell, Christmas Day, Yule Clog - 0552
Yule derivation of the term, Newton Sir Isaac - 0553
Wheel its origin, Christmas under the Commonwealth - 0554
Boar's Head at Christmas - 0555
Christmas Candles, Hackin, Book, Bustard, Carol Singing - 0556
Christmas Carols, Christmas Decorations, Holly - 0557
Rosemary at Christmas, Mutton-pies, Laurel,Coffin Crusts - 0558
Abbe de Liesse, Abbot of Misrule - 0559
Ferrers George - 0560
Weaver, Pantomime, Glimaldi Joseph - 0561
Plumb-pudding, Snap-dragon, Plum-porridge - 0562
Christmas Sports, Card-playing, Spirit Fire, Slap-dragon - 0563
Toothache remedy, Vessel Cup, Seven joys of the Virgin - 0564
Yule Log - 0565
Page - 0566
Joseph of Arimathea staff, Walnut-tree - 0567
Collar of Brawn, White Thursday - 0568
Honey Fairs - 0569
Lamprey-pies - 0570
Page - 0571
Wycoller Hall Christmas at, Hodening - 0572
Jough-ny-nolliok, Christmas Drink - 0573
Page - 0574
Page - 0575
Yule Babies, Subterranean Christmas Bells - 0576
Kill Bull the - 0577
Page - 0578
Scilly Lies - 0579
Hobby-horse Dance - 0580
Offering Silver - 0581
Cheese given away at Christmas, Plumb-pudding Money - 0582
Pepper Cake, Wesley Bob - 0583
Page - 0584
Waits, Sword-dance - 0585
Old Ball, Mari Lwyd - 0586
Crowning Cock, Pulgen, Yule Day,Mayor of Penny leaf Cone - 0587
Guisards, Hogmanay, Usque-Cashr - 0588
Drinking Sowins, Yule Straw, Knott'ng-aowins, Wad-Shooting - 0589
Sowans-bowie - 0590
Sonsy-haggis - 0591
Stephen's (St) Day, Horses bled on St. Stephen's Day - 0592
Stephening, Boxing Day, Paganalia - 0593
Hunting the Wren, Stephen's (St.) Pudding - 0594
Page - 0595
Page - 0596
Holy Innocents' Day, Wren-boys - 0597
Childermas Day, King of Cockneys - 0598
Dyzemas Day, Desmas,Gestas, crucified with our Lord - 0599
Cross Day of the Year, , ood Thursday - 0600
Wassail Bowl, New Year's Eve, Watch Night, Singing Even - 0601
Cold Possett - 0602
Page - 0603
Scrutiny Night - 0604
Trolollay derivation of, Daft Days - 0605
Burning out the Old Year, Old Year burning out, Nog Money - 0606
Clavie- the burning of - 0607
Page - 0608
New Year's Offerings - 0609
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