British Popular Customs, Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and Domestic Manners of the People: Arranged According to the Calendar of the Year |
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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 Edition 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 king ladies Lancashire London Lord maids manor May-day mayor maypole Memoir merry Monday morning neighbourhood night NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Notes NOTTINGHAMSHIRE o'clock observed occasion Old English Customs origin OXFORDSHIRE Palm Sunday pancakes parish party person play plough Plough Monday pole poor Portrait procession Queen ribbons round saint says Scotland Shrove Tuesday singing song sport STAFFORDSHIRE Stephen's Day streets Sunday Tenby Thursday town Trans Valentine village Wales wassail Year's YORKSHIRE young