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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Page 17
... flower o ' the well to our house gaes An ' I'll the bonniest lad get . " The flower of the well signifies the first pail of water , and the girl who is so fortunate as to obtain the prize is sup- posed to have more than a double chance ...
... flower o ' the well to our house gaes An ' I'll the bonniest lad get . " The flower of the well signifies the first pail of water , and the girl who is so fortunate as to obtain the prize is sup- posed to have more than a double chance ...
Page 34
... flower , and she added , " As they comed out , you could hear ' um haffer . " Jennings , and after him Halliwell , give this word haffer for to crackle , to patter , to make repeated loud noises . STAFFORDSHIRE . At Paget's Bromley a ...
... flower , and she added , " As they comed out , you could hear ' um haffer . " Jennings , and after him Halliwell , give this word haffer for to crackle , to patter , to make repeated loud noises . STAFFORDSHIRE . At Paget's Bromley a ...
Page 54
... flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kinne To honour Whitsontide . Green Rushes then , and sweetest Bents , With cooler Oaken boughs , Come in for comely ornaments To re - adorn the house . Thus times do shift ; each thing his ...
... flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kinne To honour Whitsontide . Green Rushes then , and sweetest Bents , With cooler Oaken boughs , Come in for comely ornaments To re - adorn the house . Thus times do shift ; each thing his ...
Page 69
... flowers are to be procured so early in the season , the younger children carry a small garland , for the sake of collecting a few pence , saying : " Flowers , flowers , high do ! Shreeny , greeny , rino ! Sheeny greeny , sheeny greeny ...
... flowers are to be procured so early in the season , the younger children carry a small garland , for the sake of collecting a few pence , saying : " Flowers , flowers , high do ! Shreeny , greeny , rino ! Sheeny greeny , sheeny greeny ...
Page 71
... flowers and arms , upon the point of a spear , being goodly arrayed upon horseback accordingly ) shall henceforth give and deliver to the said drapers , before the Mayor , at the same time and place upon horseback , a bell of silver ...
... flowers and arms , upon the point of a spear , being goodly arrayed upon horseback accordingly ) shall henceforth give and deliver to the said drapers , before the Mayor , at the same time and place upon horseback , a bell of silver ...
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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 night NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE o'clock observed occasion Old English Customs origin OXFORDSHIRE Palm Sunday pancakes parish party person play plough Plough Monday pole poor procession Queen reign ribbons round saint says Scotland Shrove Tuesday singing song sport STAFFORDSHIRE Stephen's Day streets Sunday Tenby Thursday town Trans Translated Valentine village wassail Year's gifts YORKSHIRE young
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