Old Church Lore
by William Andrews
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About this eBook
- Author
- Andrews, William, 1848-1908
- Credits
- Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity
- Subject
- Christian antiquities -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38713
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38713
- Release Date
- January 30, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.OLD CHURCH LORE.
- 2.Preface.
- 3.Contents.
- 4.The Right of Sanctuary.
- 5.The Romance of Trial.
- 6.A Fight between the Mayor of Hull and the Archbishop of York.
- 7.Chapels on Bridges.
- 8.Charter Horns.
- 9.The Old English Sunday.
- 10.The Easter Sepulchre.
- 11.St. Paul’s Cross.
- 12.Cheapside Cross.
- 13.The Biddenden Maids Charity.
- 14.Plagues and Pestilences.
- 15.A King Curing an Abbot of Indigestion.
- 16.The Services and Customs of Royal Oak Day.
- 17.Marrying in a White Sheet.
- 18.Marrying under the Gallows.
- 19.Kissing the Bride.
- 20.Hot Ale at Weddings.
- 21.Marrying Children.
- 22.The Passing Bell.
- 23.Concerning Coffins.
- 24.The Curfew Bell.
- 25.Curious Symbols of the Saints.
- 26.Acrobats on Steeples.
- 27.Index.
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