ON THE POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OP GREAT BRITAIN: CHIEFLY ILLUSTRATING THE ORIGIN OF OUR VULGAR AND PROVINCIAL CUSTOMS, CEREMONIES, AND SUPERSTITIONS. YELLOW AND SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDOX. ARRANGED, REVISED, AND GREATLY ENLARGED, BY SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S., Sec. S.A., &c. PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM A NEW EDITION, WITH FURTHER ADDITIONS. IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PAGE . . . 160 . . PAGE The feast of Sheep-shearing 34 Rosemary and Bays at Weddings 119 Drinking Wine in the Chnrch at The Nuptial Kiss in the Church 139 Torches used at Weddings . 157 Morning after the Marriage 175 The Passing Bell or Soul Bell 202 Laying-out or Streeking the Body 231 Funerals in the Church -Porch 245 . . |