British Popular Customs Present and Past

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Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger), 1848-1923

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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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English

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DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

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Folklore -- Great Britain

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58809

Release Date

February 2, 2019

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BRITISH POPULAR CUSTOMS PRESENT AND PAST
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.Jan. 1. ] NEW YEAR’S DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cumberland and Westmoreland. — Essex. — Herefordshire. — Lancashire. — Isle of Man. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Staffordshire. — Sussex. — Warwickshire. — Worcestershire. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND. — Forfarshire. — Orkney Isles.
4. 4.HANDSEL MONDAY. — SCOTLAND. — Co. of Edinburgh.
5. 5.Jan. 5. ] EVE OF THE EPIPHANY. — Devonshire. — Gloucestershire. — Herefordshire. — Staffordshire. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND.
6. 6.Jan. 6. ] TWELFTH DAY. THE EPIPHANY. — Cumberland. — Derbyshire. — Dorsetshire. — Lincolnshire. — Middlesex. — Isle of Man. — Somersetshire. — Staffordshire. — Westmoreland. — WALES.
7. 7.Jan. 7. ] ST. DISTAFF’S DAY.—ROCK DAY.
8. 8.PLOUGH MONDAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Derbyshire. — Huntingdonshire. — Leicestershire. — Lincolnshire. — Norfolk. — Northamptonshire. — Yorkshire.
9. 9.Jan. 10. ] — Oxfordshire.
10. 10.Jan. 12. ] — SCOTLAND.
11. 11.Jan. 13. ] ST. HILARY’S DAY.
12. 12.Jan. 14. ] MALLARD NIGHT. — Oxfordshire.
13. 13.Jan. 17. ] SEPTUAGESIMA.
14. 14.Jan. 20. ] ST. AGNES’ EVE. — SCOTLAND.
15. 15.Jan. 21. ] ST. AGNES’ DAY.
16. 16.Jan. 24. ] ST. PAUL’S EVE. — Cornwall.
17. 17.Jan. 25. ] ST. PAUL’S DAY. — St. Paul’s Cathedral.
18. 18.Jan. 31. ] EXECUTION OF CHARLES I.
19. 19.Jan. 31. ] — Isle of Man. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire.
20. 20.Feb. 1. ] CANDLEMAS EVE. — Nottinghamshire.
21. 21.Feb. 2. ] CANDLEMAS DAY. — Dorsetshire. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND. — Western Isles of Scotland.
22. 22.COLLOP MONDAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cornwall. — Devonshire.
23. 23.Feb. 3. ] ST. BLAIZE’S DAY. — Candles offered to St. Blaze.
24. 24.SHROVE TUESDAY. — Cock-Fighting. — Throwing at Cocks. — Shying at Leaden Cocks. — Shy for Shy. — Threshing the Hen — Buckinghamshire. — Cheshire. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Dorsetshire and Wiltshire. — Hampshire. — Hertfordshire. — Huntingdonshire. — Kent. — Lancashire. — Leicestershire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Norfolk. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Islands of Scilly. — Shropshire. — Somersetshire. — Staffordshire. — Suffolk. — Surrey. — Isle of Wight. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — Crowdie — The Highlands. — County of Mid-Lothian. — Perthshire. — Roxburghshire. — IRELAND.
25. 25.Feb. 4. ] ASH WEDNESDAY. — Essex. — Norfolk.
26. 26.SCAMBLING DAYS.
27. 27.Feb. 5. ] — Gloucestershire. — Yorkshire.
28. 28.Feb. 8. ] CHALK SUNDAY. — IRELAND.
29. 29.Feb. 10. ] ST. SCHOLASTICA’S DAY. — Oxfordshire.
30. 30.Feb. 13. ] ST. VALENTINE’S EVE. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Norfolk.
31. 31.Feb. 14. ] ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Derbyshire. — Valentine Dealing. — Looking through the Keyhole. — Sweeping the girls — Herefordshire. — Kent. — Norfolk. — Northamptonshire. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Yorkshire.
32. 32.March. 1. ] ST. DAVID’S DAY. — Middlesex. — Oxfordshire. — WALES.
33. 33.March 1. ] SIMNEL SUNDAY. — Mothering Sunday. — Lancashire. — Staffordshire.
34. 34.FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH. — Berkshire and Hampshire.
35. 35.FRIDAY IN LIDE. — Cornwall.
36. 36.March 3. ] — SCOTLAND.
37. 37.March 5. ] ST. PIRAN’S DAY. — Cornwall.
38. 38.March 8. ] CARE SUNDAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Yorkshire.
39. 39.March 10. ] — Oxfordshire.
40. 40.March 11. ] — Nottinghamshire.
41. 41.March 12. ] ST. GREGORY’S DAY. — IRELAND.
42. 42.March 14. ] PALM SATURDAY. — SCOTLAND.
43. 43.March 15. ] PALM SUNDAY. — Cornwall. — Derbyshire. — Herefordshire. — Hertfordshire. — Lincolnshire. — Northamptonshire. — Oxfordshire. — Surrey. — Wiltshire. — Yorkshire. — WALES.
44. 44.March 16. ] — Lancashire. — Oxfordshire.
45. 45.March 17. ] ST. PATRICK’S DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — IRELAND.
46. 46.March 18. ] SHEELAH’S DAY. — IRELAND.
47. 47.March 19. ] MAUNDY, OR CHARE THURSDAY. — Middlesex. — Northumberland.
48. 48.March 20. ] GOOD FRIDAY. — Bedfordshire. — Berkshire. — Devonshire—Dorsetshire. — Essex. — Lancashire. — Lincolnshire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Oxfordshire. — Surrey. — Sussex. — Worcestershire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — IRELAND.
49. 49.March 21. ] EASTER EVE. — Cumberland, etc. — Dorsetshire. — Middlesex. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND.
50. 50.March 22. ] EASTER DAY. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Derbyshire. — Kent. — Middlesex. — Norfolk. — Oxfordshire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — IRELAND.
51. 51.March 23. ] EASTER MONDAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cheshire. — Derbyshire. — Essex. — Herefordshire. — Kent. — Lancashire. — Middlesex.—London. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Warwickshire. — Worcestershire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — Berwick-upon-Tweed. — IRELAND. — Co. Clare. — Co. Down.
52. 52.March 24. ] EASTER TUESDAY. — Middlesex. — Northumberland.
53. 53.March 25. ] LADY DAY. — Hertfordshire. — Lancashire. — Norfolk. — Isle of Thanet. — IRELAND.
54. 54.March 29. ] LOW SUNDAY. — WALES.
55. 55.April 1. ] ALL FOOLS’ DAY. — Hampshire. — Middlesex. — SCOTLAND.
56. 56.April 3. ] ST. RICHARD’S DAY.
57. 57.April 7. ] HOCK, OR HOKE DAY. — Berkshire.
58. 58.April 20. ] — Worcestershire.
59. 59.April 23. ] ST. GEORGE’S DAY. — Berkshire. — Cheshire. — Leicestershire. — IRELAND.
60. 60.April 24. ] ST. MARK’S EVE. — Ass-ridlin — Northamptonshire. — Yorkshire.
61. 61.April 25. ] ST. MARK’S DAY. — Northumberland. — Staffordshire.
62. 62.April 26. ] ROGATION SUNDAY. — Bedfordshire. — Dorsetshire. — Kent. — Oxfordshire. — Staffordshire.
63. 63.April 29. ] ASCENSION EVE. — Yorkshire.
64. 64.April 30. ] ASCENSION DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cheshire. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Essex. — Lancashire. — Middlesex. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Staffordshire. — Suffolk. — Worcestershire.
65. 65.MAY EVE. — Cornwall. — Devonshire. — Huntingdonshire. — Lancashire. — Lincolnshire. — Isle of Man. — Oxfordshire. — WALES. — IRELAND.
66. 66.May 1. ] MAY DAY. — Going a-Maying. — May-dew. — May-games. — Morris-dance. — Maypoles. — Chimney-sweepers. — Milkmaid’s Dance. — May-gosling. — Berkshire. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Cheshire. — Cornwall. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Essex. — Gloucestershire. — Hampshire. — Hertfordshire. — Huntingdonshire. — Kent. — Lancashire. — Lincolnshire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — May Fair. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Shropshire. — Somersetshire. — Staffordshire. — Suffolk. — Surrey. — Sussex. — Westmoreland. — Worcestershire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — County of Edinburgh. — The Highlands. — Perthshire. — Western Isles of Scotland. — IRELAND. — County Down. — County Dublin.
67. 67.May 2. ] ST. HELEN’S DAY—ROWAN-TREE DAY. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND.
68. 68.May 3. ] — The Highlands.
69. 69.May 8. ] APPARITION OF ST. MICHAEL. — Cornwall.
70. 70.May 10. ] WHITSUNDAY. — Whitsun Ale. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Essex. — Gloucestershire. — Hampshire. — Herefordshire. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Oxfordshire. — Somersetshire. — IRELAND.
71. 71.May 11. ] WHITSUN MONDAY. — Cheshire. — Derbyshire. — Hampshire. — Lancashire. — Leicestershire. — Northamptonshire. — Oxfordshire. — Shropshire. — Staffordshire. — WALES.
72. 72.May 12. ] WHITSUN TUESDAY. — Bedfordshire. — Buckinghamshire. — Cumberland. — Middlesex. — SCOTLAND.
73. 73.May 14. ] COTESWOLD GAMES.
74. 74.May 16. ] — Norfolk.
75. 75.EEL FAIR. — Surrey.
76. 76.May 17. ] TRINITY SUNDAY. — Lincolnshire. — Northumberland. — Wiltshire. — WALES.
77. 77.May 18. ] TRINITY MONDAY. — Hampshire. — Kent. — Oxfordshire.
78. 78.May 20. ] CORPUS CHRISTI EVE.
79. 79.May 21. ] CORPUS CHRISTI DAY. — Norfolk. — Northumberland. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND.
80. 80.May 22. ] COVENTRY SHOW FAIR.
81. 81.May 25. ] THE SHREWSBURY SHOW.
82. 82.FLITTING DAY. — SCOTLAND.
83. 83.May 29. ] RESTORATION OR ROYAL OAK DAY. — Cornwall. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Durham. — Hampshire. — Middlesex. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Worcestershire. — SCOTLAND. — Riding the Marches.
84. 84.June. ] — PAIGNTON FAIR. — SCOTLAND.
85. 85.June 1. ] — Wiltshire.
86. 86.June 9. ] — IRELAND. — Clonmany, Co. Donegal.
87. 87.June 11. ] ST. BARNABAS’ DAY. — Cumberland.
88. 88.June 15. ] ST. VITUS’ DAY.
89. 89.June 23. ] MIDSUMMER EVE— St. JOHN’S EVE. — Buckinghamshire. — Cheshire. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Lancashire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Worcestershire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — IRELAND.
90. 90.June 24. ] MIDSUMMER DAY—ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST’S DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Cheshire. — Cornwall. — Devonshire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Oxfordshire. — Somersetshire. — Wiltshire. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND. — Co. Cork. — Co. Limerick.
91. 91.June 25. ] — Yorkshire.
92. 92.June 29. ] ST. PETER’S DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Kent. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND.
93. 93.July. ] COMMENCEMENT DAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Huntingdonshire. — Lancashire. — Northumberland. — SCOTLAND. — County of Edinburgh. — Renfrewshire. — Roxburghshire.
94. 94.July 1. ] — IRELAND.
95. 95.July 5. ] — Leicestershire.
96. 96.July 7. ] ST. THOMAS À BECKET’S DAY. — Cornwall. — Kent. — Northamptonshire.
97. 97.July 9. ] — Staffordshire.
98. 98.July 12. ] — IRELAND.
99. 99.July 15. ] ST. SWITHIN’S DAY. — Surrey. — Yorkshire.
100. 100.July 17. ] ST. KENELM’S DAY. — Worcestershire.
101. 101.July 20. ] ST. MARGARET’S DAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Norfolk.
102. 102.July 22. ] ST. BRIDGET’S EVE. — IRELAND.
103. 103.July 25. ] ST. JAMES’S DAY. — Kent. — Lancashire.
104. 104.July 26. ] MACE MONDAY. — Berkshire.
105. 105.July 29. ] ST. OLAVE’S DAY.
106. 106.August. ] SWAN-UPPING.
107. 107.August 1. ] LAMMAS DAY. — Devonshire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Sussex.
108. 108.ST. WILFRID’S FEAST. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND.
109. 109.Aug. 2. ] — Buckinghamshire.
110. 110.Aug. 4. ] APPRENTICES’ FEAST.
111. 111.Aug. 5. ] ST. OSWALD’S DAY — Lancashire.
112. 112.Aug. 5. ] RAVENGLASS FAIR. — Cumberland.
113. 113.Aug. 5. ] — Middlesex.
114. 114.Aug. 6. ] BLACK-CHERRY FAIR. — Surrey.
115. 115.Aug. 15. ] ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. — Staffordshire.
116. 116.Aug. 16. ] ST. ROCHE’S DAY.
117. 117.Aug. 18. ] ST. HELEN’S DAY.
118. 118.Aug. 24. ] ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S DAY. — Lincolnshire. — Yorkshire.
119. 119.Aug. 30. ] PRESTON GUILD. — Lancashire.
120. 120.Sept. ] ECCLES WAKE. — Lancashire.
121. 121.CHALK-BACK DAY. — Norfolk. — IRELAND.
122. 122.Sept. 4. ] ST. CUTHBERT’S DAY. — Durham.
123. 123.Sept. 8. ] NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY. — Lincolnshire.
124. 124.Sept 12. ] — Hampshire.
125. 125.Sept. 14. ] HOLY-ROOD DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Surrey.
126. 126.Sept. 21. ] ST. MATTHEW’S DAY.
127. 127.Sept. 22. ] — Bedfordshire.
128. 128.Sept. 24. ] SCALDING THURSDAY.
129. 129.Sept. 28. ] MICHAELMAS EVE. — Surrey. — IRELAND.
130. 130.Sept. 29. ] MICHAELMAS DAY. — Michaelmas Goose. — Berkshire. — Cornwall. — Essex. — Gloucestershire. — Hertfordshire. — Nottinghamshire. — Sussex. — WESTERN ISLES OF SCOTLAND. — IRELAND.
131. 131.Oct. 2. ] GOOSE FAIR. — Nottingham. — Lancashire.
132. 132.Oct. 6. ] ST. FAITH’S DAY.
133. 133.Oct. 10. ] — Dorsetshire. — Kent. — Lancashire. — Yorkshire.
134. 134.Oct. 18. ] ST. LUKE’S DAY. — Kent. — Yorkshire.
135. 135.Oct. 21. ] — Gloucestershire.
136. 136.Oct. 25. ] ST. CRISPIN’S DAY. — Northumberland. — Sussex. — WALES.
137. 137.Oct. 29. ] ST. MODWEN’S DAY. — Staffordshire.
138. 138.Oct. 30. ] — Buckinghamshire.
139. 139.Oct. 31. ] HALLOW EVE. — Cornwall. — Lancashire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Nottinghamshire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — Aberdeenshire. — Banffshire. — Morayshire. — Perthshire. — IRELAND.
140. 140.Nov. ] — Derbyshire.
141. 141.Nov. 1. ] ALL SAINTS’ DAY. — Cheshire. — Lancashire. — Middlesex. — Monmouthshire. — Shropshire. — Staffordshire. — Western Isles of Scotland. — IRELAND.
142. 142.Nov. 2. ] ALL SOULS’ DAY. — Cheshire. — Derbyshire. — Herefordshire. — Shropshire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND.
143. 143.Nov. 5. ] GUNPOWDER PLOT. — Derbyshire. — Lincolnshire. — Middlesex. — Northamptonshire. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Sussex. — Westmoreland. — Wiltshire. — Yorkshire.
144. 144.Nov. 6. ] ST. LEONARD’S DAY. — Essex. — Worcestershire.
145. 145.Nov 9. ] LORD MAYOR’S DAY.
146. 146.Nov. 11. ] ST. MARTIN’S DAY. — Salt Silver. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Cumberland. — Warwickshire. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND.
147. 147.Nov. 13. ] ST. BRICE’S DAY. — The Stamford Bull Running.
148. 148.Nov. 14. ] St. ERCONWALD’S DAY.
149. 149.Nov. 17. ] QUEEN ELIZABETH’S ACCESSION.
150. 150.Nov. 23. ] ST. CLEMENT’S DAY. — Cambridgeshire. — Kent. — Staffordshire. — WALES.
151. 151.Nov. 24. ] ST. CATHERINE’S EVE.
152. 152.Nov. 25. ] ST. CATHERINE’S DAY. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Kent. — Northamptonshire. — Isle of Thanet. — Worcestershire.
153. 153.Nov. 30. ] ST. ANDREW’S DAY. — Kent. — Middlesex. — Northamptonshire. — Sussex. — SCOTLAND.
154. 154.STIR UP SUNDAY.
155. 155.ADVENT. — Advent Bells. — Isle of Man.
156. 156.PICROUS DAY. — Cornwall.
157. 157.Dec. 5. ] ST. NICHOLAS’ EVE.
158. 158.Dec. 6. ] ST. NICHOLAS’ DAY. — The Boy-Bishop.
159. 159.Dec. 8. ] CONCEPTION OF VIRGIN MARY.
160. 160.Dec. 13. ] ST. BARCHAN’S DAY. — SCOTLAND.
161. 161.Dec. 14. ] ST. TIBBA’S DAY.
162. 162.Dec. 17. ] SOW DAY. — SCOTLAND.
163. 163.Dec. 21. ] ST. THOMAS’ DAY. — Bedfordshire. — Berkshire. — Cheshire. — Dorsetshire. — Herefordshire. — Hertfordshire. — Isle of Man. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Staffordshire. — Sussex. — Warwickshire. — Worcestershire. — Yorkshire. — WALES.
164. 164.Dec. 24. ] CHRISTMAS EVE. — Cheshire. — Cornwall. — Derbyshire. — Devonshire. — Gloucestershire. — Hampshire. — Herefordshire. — Kent. — Isle of Man. — Norfolk. — Northamptonshire. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Sussex. — Warwickshire. — Yorkshire. — IRELAND.
165. 165.Dec. 25. ] CHRISTMAS DAY. — Under the Commonwealth. — Boar’s Head. — Christmas Book. — Bustard. — Christmas Candles. — Christmas Carols. — Decorations. — Game Pies. — Mince Pies. — Mistletoe. — Lord of Misrule. — Mummers. — Pantomime. — Plum-Porridge. — Snapdragon. — Christmas Sports. — Christmas Tree. — The Vessel-Cup. — Turkey. — Waits. — Yule-clog or Yule-log. — Berkshire. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Derbyshire. — Dorsetshire. — Essex. — Gloucestershire. — Herefordshire. — Kent. — Lancashire. — Isle of Man. — Middlesex. — Norfolk. — Northamptonshire. — Northumberland. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Scilly Isles. — Somersetshire. — Staffordshire. — Suffolk. — Westmoreland. — Worcestershire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — SCOTLAND. — Angus-shire. — Forfarshire. — Aberdeenshire. — Banffshire. — Berwick-upon-Tweed. — The Highlands. — Orkney. — IRELAND.
166. 166.Dec. 26. ] ST. STEPHEN’S DAY. — Bedfordshire. — Buckinghamshire. — Cambridgeshire. — Isle of Man. — Norfolk. — Oxfordshire. — Yorkshire. — WALES. — IRELAND.
167. 167.Dec. 28. ] HOLY INNOCENTS’ DAY. — Gloucestershire. — Northamptonshire. — Somersetshire. — Worcestershire. — IRELAND.
168. 168.Dec. 31. ] NEW YEAR’S EVE. — Cornwall. — Cumberland. — Derbyshire. — Gloucestershire. — Isle of Man. — Nottinghamshire. — Oxfordshire. — Isle of Wight. — Yorkshire. — SCOTLAND. — Lanarkshire. — Morayshire. — Orkney. — IRELAND.
169. 169.INDEX.
170. 170.AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOOKS CONTAINED IN BOHN’S LIBRARIES .
171. 171.THE YORK LIBRARY
172. 172.MASTERS OF LITERATURE
173. 173.BELL’S HANDBOOKS OF THE GREAT MASTERS IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.
174. 174.THE ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.
175. 175.THE ALL-ENGLAND SERIES. HANDBOOKS OF ATHLETIC GAMES.
176. 176.THE CLUB SERIES OF CARD AND TABLE GAMES.
177. 177.BELL’S CATHEDRAL SERIES.
178. 178.WEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY.
179. 179.Transcriber’s Notes

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