Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1873 |
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... Monday Shrovetide , or Shrove Tuesday . Throwing at Cocks 53 Maid Marian . 253 62 Robin Hood . 258 63 Friar Tuck ... Easter Eve . 157 Easter Day . . 161 Trinity , or Trinity Sunday , Even ib . Coventry Show Fair Eve of Thursday after ...
... Monday Shrovetide , or Shrove Tuesday . Throwing at Cocks 53 Maid Marian . 253 62 Robin Hood . 258 63 Friar Tuck ... Easter Eve . 157 Easter Day . . 161 Trinity , or Trinity Sunday , Even ib . Coventry Show Fair Eve of Thursday after ...
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... Easter : - " For Easter gloves , or for a Shrovetide Hen , Which bought to give , he takes to sell again . " In ... Monday ; 2. Shrove Tuesday , when , after confession , he is suffered to thresh the fat hen ; 3. Sheep- shearing , with ...
... Easter : - " For Easter gloves , or for a Shrovetide Hen , Which bought to give , he takes to sell again . " In ... Monday ; 2. Shrove Tuesday , when , after confession , he is suffered to thresh the fat hen ; 3. Sheep- shearing , with ...
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... Easter . Within the memory of man they were thrown from the church - steeple to be scrambled for ; a custom which ... Monday young men's shoes and buckles are taken off by the young women . On the Wednesday they are redeemed by little pe ...
... Easter . Within the memory of man they were thrown from the church - steeple to be scrambled for ; a custom which ... Monday young men's shoes and buckles are taken off by the young women . On the Wednesday they are redeemed by little pe ...
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... Easter Monday . ] In Hutchinson , in his History of Northumberland , ii . 10 , speak- ing of Pasche Eggs , says , " Eggs were held by the Egyptians as a sacred emblem of the renovation of mankind after the Deluge . The Jews adopted it ...
... Easter Monday . ] In Hutchinson , in his History of Northumberland , ii . 10 , speak- ing of Pasche Eggs , says , " Eggs were held by the Egyptians as a sacred emblem of the renovation of mankind after the Deluge . The Jews adopted it ...
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... Easter Monday , the parson is bound to give them a calf's head and a hundred of eggs for their breakfast , and a groat in money . ' By the law concerning holidays , made in the time of King Alfred the Great , it was appointed that the ...
... Easter Monday , the parson is bound to give them a calf's head and a hundred of eggs for their breakfast , and a groat in money . ' By the law concerning holidays , made in the time of King Alfred the Great , it was appointed that the ...
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