British Popular Customs, Present and Past / Illustrating the Social and Domestic Manners of the People. Arranged According to the Calendar of the Year.

T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

PREFACE.

Jan. 1. ] NEW YEAR'S DAY.

HANDSEL MONDAY. SCOTLAND.

Jan. 5. ] EVE OF THE EPIPHANY.

Jan. 6. ] TWELFTH DAY. THE EPIPHANY.

Jan. 7. ] ST. DISTAFF'S DAY. ROCK DAY.

PLOUGH MONDAY.

Jan. 10. ] Oxfordshire.

Jan. 12. ] SCOTLAND.

Jan. 13. ] ST. HILARY'S DAY.

Jan. 14. ] MALLARD NIGHT.

Jan. 17. ] SEPTUAGESIMA.

Jan. 20. ] ST. AGNES' EVE.

Jan. 21. ] ST. AGNES' DAY.

Jan. 24. ] ST. PAUL'S EVE.

Jan. 25. ] ST. PAUL'S DAY.

Jan. 31. ] EXECUTION OF CHARLES I.

Jan. 31. ] Isle of Man.

Feb. 1. ] CANDLEMAS EVE.

Feb. 2. ] CANDLEMAS DAY.

COLLOP MONDAY.

Feb. 3. ] ST. BLAIZE'S DAY.

SHROVE TUESDAY.

Feb. 4. ] ASH WEDNESDAY.

SCAMBLING DAYS.

Feb. 5. ] Gloucestershire.

Feb. 8. ] CHALK SUNDAY.

Feb. 10. ] ST. SCHOLASTICA'S DAY.

Feb. 13. ] ST. VALENTINE'S EVE.

Feb. 14. ] ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.

March. 1. ] ST. DAVID'S DAY.

March 1. ] SIMNEL SUNDAY.

FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH. Berkshire and Hampshire.

FRIDAY IN LIDE. Cornwall.

March 3. ] SCOTLAND.

March 5. ] ST. PIRAN'S DAY.

March 8. ] CARE SUNDAY.

March 10. ] Oxfordshire.

March 11. ] Nottinghamshire.

March 12. ] ST. GREGORY'S DAY.

March 14. ] PALM SATURDAY.

March 15. ] PALM SUNDAY.

March 16. ] Lancashire.

March 17. ] ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

March 18. ] SHEELAH'S DAY.

March 19. ] MAUNDY, OR CHARE THURSDAY.

March 20. ] GOOD FRIDAY.

March 21. ] EASTER EVE.

March 22. ] EASTER DAY.

March 23. ] EASTER MONDAY.

March 24. ] EASTER TUESDAY.

March 25. ] LADY DAY.

March 29. ] LOW SUNDAY.

April 1. ] ALL FOOLS' DAY.

April 3. ] ST. RICHARD'S DAY.

April 7. ] HOCK, OR HOKE DAY.

April 20. ] Worcestershire.

April 23. ] ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

April 24. ] ST. MARK'S EVE.

April 25. ] ST. MARK'S DAY.

April 26. ] ROGATION SUNDAY.

April 29. ] ASCENSION EVE.

April 30. ] ASCENSION DAY.

MAY EVE.

May 1. ] MAY DAY.

May 2. ] ST. HELEN'S DAY ROWAN-TREE DAY.

May 3. ] The Highlands.

May 8. ] APPARITION OF ST. MICHAEL.

May 10. ] WHITSUNDAY.

May 11. ] WHITSUN MONDAY.

May 12. ] WHITSUN TUESDAY.

May 14. ] COTESWOLD GAMES.

May 16. ] Norfolk.

EEL FAIR. Surrey.

May 17. ] TRINITY SUNDAY.

May 18. ] TRINITY MONDAY.

May 20. ] CORPUS CHRISTI EVE.

May 21. ] CORPUS CHRISTI DAY.

May 22. ] COVENTRY SHOW FAIR.

May 25. ] THE SHREWSBURY SHOW.

FLITTING DAY. SCOTLAND.

May 29. ] RESTORATION OR ROYAL OAK DAY.

June. ] PAIGNTON FAIR.

June 1. ] Wiltshire.

June 9. ] IRELAND.

June 11. ] ST. BARNABAS' DAY.

June 15. ] ST. VITUS' DAY.

June 23. ] MIDSUMMER EVE St. JOHN'S EVE.

June 24. ] MIDSUMMER DAY ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S DAY.

June 25. ] Yorkshire.

June 29. ] ST. PETER'S DAY.

July. ] COMMENCEMENT DAY.

July 1. ] IRELAND.

July 5. ] Leicestershire.

July 7. ] ST. THOMAS - BECKET'S DAY.

July 9. ] Staffordshire.

July 12. ] IRELAND.

July 15. ] ST. SWITHIN'S DAY.

July 17. ] ST. KENELM'S DAY.

July 20. ] ST. MARGARET'S DAY.

July 22. ] ST. BRIDGET'S EVE.

July 25. ] ST. JAMES'S DAY.

July 26. ] MACE MONDAY.

July 29. ] ST. OLAVE'S DAY.

August. ] SWAN-UPPING.

August 1. ] LAMMAS DAY.

ST. WILFRID'S FEAST. Yorkshire.

Aug. 2. ] Buckinghamshire.

Aug. 4. ] APPRENTICES' FEAST.

Aug. 5. ] ST. OSWALD'S DAY

Aug. 5. ] RAVENGLASS FAIR.

Aug. 5. ] Middlesex.

Aug. 6. ] BLACK-CHERRY FAIR.

Aug. 15. ] ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY.

Aug. 16. ] ST. ROCHE'S DAY.

Aug. 18. ] ST. HELEN'S DAY.

Aug. 24. ] ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY.

Aug. 30. ] PRESTON GUILD.

Sept. ] ECCLES WAKE.

CHALK-BACK DAY. Norfolk.

Sept. 4. ] ST. CUTHBERT'S DAY.

Sept. 8. ] NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY.

Sept 12. ] Hampshire.

Sept. 14. ] HOLY-ROOD DAY.

Sept. 21. ] ST. MATTHEW'S DAY.

Sept. 22. ] Bedfordshire.

Sept. 24. ] SCALDING THURSDAY.

Sept. 28. ] MICHAELMAS EVE.

Sept. 29. ] MICHAELMAS DAY.

Oct. 2. ] GOOSE FAIR.

Oct. 6. ] ST. FAITH'S DAY.

Oct. 10. ] Dorsetshire.

Oct. 18. ] ST. LUKE'S DAY.

Oct. 21. ] Gloucestershire.

Oct. 25. ] ST. CRISPIN'S DAY.

Oct. 29. ] ST. MODWEN'S DAY.

Oct. 30. ] Buckinghamshire.

Oct. 31. ] HALLOW EVE.

Nov. ] Derbyshire.

Nov. 1. ] ALL SAINTS' DAY.

Nov. 2. ] ALL SOULS' DAY.

Nov. 5. ] GUNPOWDER PLOT.

Nov. 6. ] ST. LEONARD'S DAY.

Nov 9. ] LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

Nov. 11. ] ST. MARTIN'S DAY.

Nov. 13. ] ST. BRICE'S DAY.

Nov. 14. ] St. ERCONWALD'S DAY.

Nov. 17. ] QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ACCESSION.

Nov. 23. ] ST. CLEMENT'S DAY.

Nov. 24. ] ST. CATHERINE'S EVE.

Nov. 25. ] ST. CATHERINE'S DAY.

Nov. 30. ] ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

STIR UP SUNDAY.

ADVENT. Advent Bells.

PICROUS DAY. Cornwall.

Dec. 5. ] ST. NICHOLAS' EVE.

Dec. 6. ] ST. NICHOLAS' DAY.

Dec. 8. ] CONCEPTION OF VIRGIN MARY.

Dec. 13. ] ST. BARCHAN'S DAY.

Dec. 14. ] ST. TIBBA'S DAY.

Dec. 17. ] SOW DAY.

Dec. 21. ] ST. THOMAS' DAY.

Dec. 24. ] CHRISTMAS EVE.

Dec. 25. ] CHRISTMAS DAY.

Dec. 26. ] ST. STEPHEN'S DAY.

Dec. 28. ] HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY.

Dec. 31. ] NEW YEAR'S EVE.

INDEX.

AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOOKS CONTAINED IN BOHN'S LIBRARIES .

THE YORK LIBRARY

MASTERS OF LITERATURE

BELL'S HANDBOOKS OF THE GREAT MASTERS IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.

THE ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.

THE ALL-ENGLAND SERIES. HANDBOOKS OF ATHLETIC GAMES.

THE CLUB SERIES OF CARD AND TABLE GAMES.

BELL'S CATHEDRAL SERIES.

WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY.

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BRITISH POPULAR CUSTOMS
PRESENT AND PAST

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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

BY THE REV.
T. F. THISELTON DYER, M.A.
PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXON.

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