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British Popular Customs

by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Jan. 1.] New Year’s Day
  3. 3Buckinghamshire
  4. 4Cumberland and Westmoreland
  5. 5Essex
  6. 6Herefordshire
  7. 7Lancashire
  8. 8Isle of Man
  9. 9Northumberland
  10. 10Nottinghamshire
  11. 11Oxfordshire
  12. 12Staffordshire
  13. 13Sussex
  14. 14Warwickshire
  15. 15Worcestershire
  16. 16Yorkshire
  17. 17Scotland
  18. 18Handsel Monday — Scotland
  19. 19Jan. 5.] Eve of the Epiphany
  20. 20Devonshire
  21. 21Gloucestershire
  22. 22Herefordshire
  23. 23Staffordshire
  24. 24Yorkshire
  25. 25Ireland
  26. 26Jan. 6.] Twelfth Day. the Epiphany
  27. 27Cumberland
  28. 28Derbyshire
  29. 29Dorsetshire
  30. 30Lincolnshire
  31. 31Middlesex
  32. 32Isle of Man
  33. 33Somersetshire
  34. 34Staffordshire
  35. 35Westmoreland
  36. 36Wales
  37. 37Jan. 7.] St. Distaff’s Day — Rock Day
  38. 38Plough Monday
  39. 39Cambridgeshire
  40. 40Derbyshire
  41. 41Huntingdonshire — Leicestershire
  42. 42Lincolnshire
  43. 43Norfolk
  44. 44Northamptonshire
  45. 45Yorkshire
  46. 46Jan. 10.] — Oxfordshire
  47. 47Jan. 12.] — Scotland
  48. 48Jan. 13.] St. Hilary’s Day
  49. 49Jan. 14.] Mallard Night — Oxfordshire
  50. 50Jan. 17.] Septuagesima
  51. 51Jan. 20.] St. Agnes’ Eve
  52. 52Scotland
  53. 53Jan. 21.] St. Agnes’ Day
  54. 54Jan. 24.] St. Paul’s Eve — Cornwall
  55. 55Jan. 25.] St. Paul’s Day
  56. 56St. Paul’s Cathedral
  57. 57Jan. 31.] Execution of Charles I.
  58. 58Jan. 31.]
  59. 59Nottinghamshire
  60. 60Oxfordshire
  61. 61Feb. 1.] Candlemas Eve
  62. 62Nottinghamshire
  63. 63Feb. 2.] Candlemas Day
  64. 64Dorsetshire
  65. 65Yorkshire — Scotland
  66. 66Western Isles of Scotland
  67. 67Collop Monday
  68. 68Buckinghamshire
  69. 69Cornwall
  70. 70Devonshire
  71. 71Feb. 3.] St. Blaize’s Day
  72. 72Candles Offered to St. Blaze
  73. 73Shrove Tuesday
  74. 74Cock-Fighting
  75. 75Throwing at Cocks
  76. 76Shying at Leaden Cocks
  77. 77Shy for Shy
  78. 78Threshing the Hen
  79. 79Buckinghamshire
  80. 80Cheshire
  81. 81Cornwall
  82. 82Cumberland
  83. 83Derbyshire
  84. 84Devonshire
  85. 85Dorsetshire and Wiltshire
  86. 86Hampshire
  87. 87Hertfordshire
  88. 88Huntingdonshire
  89. 89Kent
  90. 90Lancashire
  91. 91Leicestershire
  92. 92Isle of Man
  93. 93Middlesex
  94. 94Norfolk
  95. 95Northamptonshire
  96. 96Northumberland
  97. 97Nottinghamshire
  98. 98Oxfordshire
  99. 99Islands of Scilly
  100. 100Shropshire
  101. 101Somersetshire
  102. 102Staffordshire — Suffolk
  103. 103Surrey
  104. 104Isle of Wight
  105. 105Yorkshire
  106. 106Wales
  107. 107Scotland
  108. 108Ireland
  109. 109Feb. 4.] Ash Wednesday
  110. 110Essex
  111. 111Norfolk
  112. 112Scambling Days
  113. 113Feb. 5.]
  114. 114Yorkshire
  115. 115Feb. 8.] Chalk Sunday — Ireland
  116. 116Feb. 10.] St. Scholastica’s Day — Oxfordshire
  117. 117Feb. 13.] St. Valentine’s Eve
  118. 118Derbyshire
  119. 119Devonshire
  120. 120Norfolk
  121. 121Feb. 14.] St. Valentine’s Day
  122. 122Cambridgeshire
  123. 123Derbyshire
  124. 124Herefordshire
  125. 125Kent
  126. 126Norfolk
  127. 127Northamptonshire
  128. 128Nottinghamshire
  129. 129Oxfordshire
  130. 130Yorkshire
  131. 131March. 1.] St. David’s Day
  132. 132Middlesex
  133. 133Oxfordshire
  134. 134Wales
  135. 135March 1.] Simnel Sunday
  136. 136Mothering Sunday
  137. 137Lancashire
  138. 138Staffordshire
  139. 139First Monday in March — Berkshire and Hampshire
  140. 140Friday in Lide Cornwall
  141. 141March 3.] — Scotland
  142. 142March 5.] St. Piran’s Day — Cornwall
  143. 143March 8.] Care Sunday
  144. 144Cambridgeshire
  145. 145Yorkshire
  146. 146March 10.] — Oxfordshire
  147. 147March 11.] — Nottinghamshire
  148. 148March 12.] St. Gregory’s Day — Ireland
  149. 149March 14.] Palm Saturday — Scotland
  150. 150March 15.] Palm Sunday
  151. 151Cornwall
  152. 152Derbyshire
  153. 153Herefordshire
  154. 154Hertfordshire
  155. 155Lincolnshire
  156. 156Northamptonshire
  157. 157Oxfordshire
  158. 158Surrey
  159. 159Wiltshire
  160. 160Yorkshire
  161. 161Wales
  162. 162March 16.]
  163. 163Oxfordshire
  164. 164March 17.] St. Patrick’s Day
  165. 165Buckinghamshire
  166. 166Ireland
  167. 167March 18.] Sheelah’s Day — Ireland
  168. 168March 19.] Maundy, or Chare Thursday
  169. 169Middlesex
  170. 170Northumberland
  171. 171March 20.] Good Friday
  172. 172Bedfordshire
  173. 173Berkshire
  174. 174Devonshire — Dorsetshire
  175. 175Essex
  176. 176Lancashire
  177. 177Lincolnshire
  178. 178Isle of Man
  179. 179Middlesex
  180. 180Oxfordshire
  181. 181Surrey
  182. 182Sussex
  183. 183Worcestershire
  184. 184Yorkshire
  185. 185Wales
  186. 186Ireland
  187. 187March 21.] Easter Eve
  188. 188Cumberland, etc.
  189. 189Dorsetshire
  190. 190Middlesex
  191. 191Yorkshire
  192. 192Ireland
  193. 193March 22.] Easter Day
  194. 194Cornwall
  195. 195Cumberland
  196. 196Derbyshire
  197. 197Kent
  198. 198Middlesex
  199. 199Norfolk — Oxfordshire
  200. 200Yorkshire
  201. 201Wales
  202. 202Ireland
  203. 203March 23.] Easter Monday — Buckinghamshire
  204. 204Cheshire
  205. 205Derbyshire
  206. 206Essex
  207. 207Herefordshire
  208. 208Kent
  209. 209Lancashire
  210. 210Middlesex — London
  211. 211Northumberland
  212. 212Nottinghamshire
  213. 213Warwickshire
  214. 214Worcestershire
  215. 215Wales
  216. 216Berwick-upon-Tweed
  217. 217Ireland
  218. 218March 24.] Easter Tuesday — Middlesex
  219. 219Northumberland
  220. 220March 25.] Lady Day
  221. 221Hertfordshire
  222. 222Lancashire
  223. 223Norfolk
  224. 224Isle of Thanet
  225. 225Ireland
  226. 226March 29.] Low Sunday
  227. 227Wales
  228. 228April 1.] All Fools’ Day
  229. 229Hampshire
  230. 230Middlesex
  231. 231Scotland
  232. 232April 3.] St. Richard’s Day
  233. 233April 7.] Hock, or Hoke Day
  234. 234Berkshire
  235. 235April 20.] — Worcestershire
  236. 236April 23.] St. George’s Day
  237. 237Berkshire
  238. 238Cheshire
  239. 239Leicestershire
  240. 240Ireland
  241. 241April 24.] St. Mark’s Eve
  242. 242Ass-ridlin
  243. 243Northamptonshire
  244. 244Yorkshire
  245. 245April 25.] St. Mark’s Day
  246. 246Northumberland
  247. 247Staffordshire
  248. 248April 26.] Rogation Sunday
  249. 249Bedfordshire
  250. 250Dorsetshire
  251. 251Kent
  252. 252Oxfordshire
  253. 253Staffordshire
  254. 254April 29.] Ascension Eve — Yorkshire
  255. 255April 30.] Ascension Day
  256. 256Buckinghamshire
  257. 257Cheshire
  258. 258Derbyshire
  259. 259Devonshire
  260. 260Essex
  261. 261Lancashire
  262. 262Middlesex — Northamptonshire
  263. 263Northumberland
  264. 264Nottinghamshire
  265. 265Oxfordshire
  266. 266Staffordshire
  267. 267Suffolk
  268. 268Worcestershire
  269. 269May Eve
  270. 270Cornwall
  271. 271Devonshire
  272. 272Huntingdonshire
  273. 273Lancashire
  274. 274Lincolnshire
  275. 275Isle of Man
  276. 276Oxfordshire
  277. 277Wales
  278. 278Ireland
  279. 279May 1.] May Day
  280. 280Going a-Maying
  281. 281May-dew
  282. 282May-games
  283. 283Morris-dance
  284. 284Maypoles
  285. 285Chimney-sweepers
  286. 286Milkmaid’s Dance
  287. 287May-gosling
  288. 288Berkshire
  289. 289Buckinghamshire
  290. 290Cambridgeshire
  291. 291Cheshire
  292. 292Cornwall
  293. 293Derbyshire
  294. 294Devonshire
  295. 295Essex
  296. 296Gloucestershire
  297. 297Hampshire
  298. 298Hertfordshire
  299. 299Huntingdonshire
  300. 300Kent
  301. 301Lancashire
  302. 302Lincolnshire
  303. 303Isle of Man
  304. 304Middlesex
  305. 305Northamptonshire
  306. 306Northumberland
  307. 307Nottinghamshire
  308. 308Oxfordshire
  309. 309Shropshire
  310. 310Somersetshire
  311. 311Staffordshire
  312. 312Suffolk
  313. 313Surrey
  314. 314Sussex
  315. 315Westmoreland
  316. 316Worcestershire — Wales
  317. 317Scotland
  318. 318Ireland
  319. 319May 2.] St. Helen’s Day — Rowan-Tree Day — Yorkshire
  320. 320Scotland
  321. 321May 3.] — The Highlands
  322. 322May 8.] Apparition of St. Michael — Cornwall
  323. 323May 10.] Whitsunday
  324. 324Cornwall
  325. 325Cumberland
  326. 326Essex
  327. 327Gloucestershire
  328. 328Hampshire — Herefordshire
  329. 329Northamptonshire
  330. 330Northumberland — Oxfordshire
  331. 331Somersetshire
  332. 332Ireland
  333. 333May 11.] Whitsun Monday — Cheshire
  334. 334Derbyshire
  335. 335Hampshire
  336. 336Lancashire
  337. 337Leicestershire
  338. 338Northamptonshire
  339. 339Oxfordshire
  340. 340Shropshire
  341. 341Staffordshire
  342. 342Wales
  343. 343May 12.] Whitsun Tuesday — Bedfordshire
  344. 344Buckinghamshire
  345. 345Cumberland
  346. 346Middlesex
  347. 347Scotland
  348. 348May 14.] Coteswold Games
  349. 349May 16.] — Norfolk
  350. 350Eel Fair — Surrey
  351. 351May 17.] Trinity Sunday
  352. 352Lincolnshire
  353. 353Northumberland
  354. 354Wiltshire
  355. 355Wales
  356. 356May 18.] Trinity Monday — Hampshire
  357. 357Kent
  358. 358Oxfordshire
  359. 359May 20.] Corpus Christi Eve
  360. 360May 21.] Corpus Christi Day
  361. 361Norfolk
  362. 362Northumberland
  363. 363Yorkshire
  364. 364Ireland
  365. 365May 22.] Coventry Show Fair
  366. 366May 25.] the Shrewsbury Show
  367. 367Flitting Day — Scotland
  368. 368May 29.] Restoration or Royal Oak Day
  369. 369Cornwall
  370. 370Derbyshire
  371. 371Devonshire
  372. 372Durham
  373. 373Hampshire
  374. 374Middlesex
  375. 375Northamptonshire
  376. 376Northumberland
  377. 377Nottinghamshire
  378. 378Worcestershire
  379. 379Scotland
  380. 380June.]
  381. 381Scotland
  382. 382June 1.] — Wiltshire
  383. 383June 9.] — Ireland
  384. 384June 11.] St. Barnabas’ Day
  385. 385Cumberland
  386. 386June 15.] St. Vitus’ Day
  387. 387June 23.] Midsummer Eve — St. John’s Eve
  388. 388Buckinghamshire
  389. 389Cheshire
  390. 390Cornwall
  391. 391Cumberland
  392. 392Lancashire
  393. 393Isle of Man
  394. 394Middlesex
  395. 395Northumberland
  396. 396Nottinghamshire
  397. 397Oxfordshire
  398. 398Worcestershire
  399. 399Yorkshire
  400. 400Wales
  401. 401Scotland
  402. 402Ireland
  403. 403June 24.] Midsummer Day — St. John the Baptist’s Day
  404. 404Buckinghamshire
  405. 405Cambridgeshire
  406. 406Cheshire
  407. 407Cornwall
  408. 408Devonshire
  409. 409Isle of Man
  410. 410Middlesex
  411. 411Northamptonshire
  412. 412Northumberland
  413. 413Oxfordshire
  414. 414Somersetshire
  415. 415Wiltshire
  416. 416Yorkshire
  417. 417Ireland
  418. 418June 25.] — Yorkshire
  419. 419June 29.] St. Peter’s Day — Buckinghamshire
  420. 420Kent
  421. 421Northamptonshire
  422. 422Northumberland
  423. 423Yorkshire
  424. 424Scotland
  425. 425July.] Commencement Day — Cambridgeshire
  426. 426Huntingdonshire
  427. 427Lancashire
  428. 428Northumberland
  429. 429Scotland
  430. 430July 1.] — Ireland
  431. 431July 5.] — Leicestershire
  432. 432July 7.] St. Thomas à Becket’s Day — Cornwall
  433. 433Kent
  434. 434Northamptonshire — July 9.] — Staffordshire
  435. 435July 12.] — Ireland
  436. 436July 15.] St. Swithin’s Day
  437. 437Surrey
  438. 438Yorkshire · July 17.] St. Kenelm’s Day — Worcestershire
  439. 439July 20.] St. Margaret’s Day — Cambridgeshire
  440. 440Norfolk
  441. 441July 22.] St. Bridget’s Eve — Ireland
  442. 442July 25.] St. James’s Day
  443. 443Kent
  444. 444Lancashire
  445. 445July 26.] Mace Monday — Berkshire
  446. 446July 29.] St. Olave’s Day
  447. 447August.] Swan-Upping
  448. 448August 1.] Lammas Day
  449. 449Devonshire
  450. 450Isle of Man
  451. 451Middlesex
  452. 452Sussex
  453. 453St. Wilfrid’s Feast
  454. 454Scotland
  455. 455Aug. 2.] — Buckinghamshire
  456. 456Aug. 4.] Apprentices’ Feast
  457. 457Aug. 5.] St. Oswald’s Day — Lancashire
  458. 458Aug. 5.] Ravenglass Fair — Cumberland
  459. 459Aug. 5.] — Middlesex
  460. 460Aug. 6.] Black-Cherry Fair — Surrey
  461. 461Aug. 15.] Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  462. 462Staffordshire
  463. 463Aug. 16.] St. Roche’s Day
  464. 464Aug. 18.] St. Helen’s Day
  465. 465Aug. 24.] St. Bartholomew’s Day
  466. 466Lincolnshire
  467. 467Yorkshire
  468. 468Aug. 30.] Preston Guild — Lancashire
  469. 469Sept.] Eccles Wake — Lancashire
  470. 470Chalk-Back Day
  471. 471Ireland
  472. 472Sept. 4.] St. Cuthbert’s Day — Durham
  473. 473Sept. 8.] Nativity of the Virgin Mary — Lincolnshire
  474. 474Sept 12.] — Hampshire
  475. 475Sept. 14.] Holy-Rood Day
  476. 476Buckinghamshire
  477. 477Surrey
  478. 478Sept. 21.] St. Matthew’s Day
  479. 479Sept. 22.] — Bedfordshire
  480. 480Sept. 24.] Scalding Thursday
  481. 481Sept. 28.] Michaelmas Eve — Surrey
  482. 482Ireland
  483. 483Sept. 29.] Michaelmas Day
  484. 484Berkshire
  485. 485Cornwall
  486. 486Essex
  487. 487Gloucestershire
  488. 488Hertfordshire
  489. 489Nottinghamshire
  490. 490Sussex
  491. 491Western Isles of Scotland
  492. 492Ireland
  493. 493Oct. 2.] Goose Fair — Nottingham
  494. 494Lancashire
  495. 495Oct. 6.] St. Faith’s Day
  496. 496Oct. 10.]
  497. 497Kent
  498. 498Lancashire
  499. 499Yorkshire
  500. 500Oct. 18.] St. Luke’s Day — Kent
  501. 501Yorkshire
  502. 502Oct. 21.] — Gloucestershire
  503. 503Oct. 25.] St. Crispin’s Day
  504. 504Northumberland
  505. 505Sussex
  506. 506Wales
  507. 507Oct. 29.] St. Modwen’s Day — Staffordshire
  508. 508Oct. 30.] — Buckinghamshire
  509. 509Oct. 31.] Hallow Eve
  510. 510Cornwall
  511. 511Lancashire
  512. 512Isle of Man
  513. 513Middlesex
  514. 514Nottinghamshire
  515. 515Yorkshire — Wales
  516. 516Scotland
  517. 517Ireland
  518. 518Nov.] — Derbyshire
  519. 519Nov. 1.] All Saints’ Day
  520. 520Cheshire
  521. 521Lancashire
  522. 522Middlesex
  523. 523Monmouthshire
  524. 524Shropshire
  525. 525Staffordshire
  526. 526Western Isles of Scotland
  527. 527Ireland
  528. 528Nov. 2.] All Souls’ Day
  529. 529Cheshire
  530. 530Derbyshire
  531. 531Herefordshire
  532. 532Shropshire
  533. 533Wales
  534. 534Scotland
  535. 535Nov. 5.] Gunpowder Plot
  536. 536Derbyshire
  537. 537Lincolnshire
  538. 538Middlesex
  539. 539Northamptonshire
  540. 540Nottinghamshire
  541. 541Oxfordshire
  542. 542Sussex
  543. 543Westmoreland
  544. 544Wiltshire
  545. 545Yorkshire
  546. 546Nov. 6.] St. Leonard’s Day — Essex
  547. 547Worcestershire
  548. 548Nov 9.] Lord Mayor’s Day
  549. 549Nov. 11.] St. Martin’s Day
  550. 550Buckinghamshire
  551. 551Cambridgeshire
  552. 552Cumberland
  553. 553Warwickshire
  554. 554Yorkshire
  555. 555Ireland
  556. 556Nov. 13.] St. Brice’s Day
  557. 557Nov. 14.] St. Erconwald’s Day
  558. 558Nov. 17.] Queen Elizabeth’s Accession
  559. 559Nov. 23.] St. Clement’s Day
  560. 560Cambridgeshire — Kent
  561. 561Staffordshire
  562. 562Wales
  563. 563Nov. 24.] St. Catherine’s Eve
  564. 564Nov. 25.] St. Catherine’s Day — Buckinghamshire
  565. 565Cambridgeshire
  566. 566Kent
  567. 567Northamptonshire
  568. 568Isle of Thanet
  569. 569Worcestershire
  570. 570Nov. 30.] St. Andrew’s Day
  571. 571Kent
  572. 572Middlesex
  573. 573Northamptonshire
  574. 574Sussex
  575. 575Scotland
  576. 576Stir Up Sunday
  577. 577Advent
  578. 578Isle of Man
  579. 579Picrous Day — Cornwall
  580. 580Dec. 5.] St. Nicholas’ Eve
  581. 581Dec. 6.] St. Nicholas’ Day — The Boy-Bishop
  582. 582Dec. 8.] Conception of Virgin Mary
  583. 583Dec. 13.] St. Barchan’s Day — Scotland
  584. 584Dec. 14.] St. Tibba’s Day
  585. 585Dec. 17.] Sow Day — Scotland
  586. 586Dec. 21.] St. Thomas’ Day
  587. 587Bedfordshire
  588. 588Berkshire
  589. 589Cheshire
  590. 590Dorsetshire
  591. 591Herefordshire
  592. 592Hertfordshire — Isle of Man
  593. 593Nottinghamshire
  594. 594Oxfordshire
  595. 595Staffordshire
  596. 596Sussex
  597. 597Warwickshire — Worcestershire
  598. 598Yorkshire
  599. 599Wales
  600. 600Dec. 24.] Christmas Eve — Cheshire
  601. 601Cornwall
  602. 602Derbyshire
  603. 603Devonshire
  604. 604Gloucestershire
  605. 605Hampshire
  606. 606Herefordshire
  607. 607Kent
  608. 608Isle of Man
  609. 609Norfolk — Northamptonshire
  610. 610Nottinghamshire
  611. 611Oxfordshire
  612. 612Sussex
  613. 613Warwickshire
  614. 614Yorkshire
  615. 615Ireland
  616. 616Dec. 25.] Christmas Day
  617. 617Under the Commonwealth
  618. 618Boar’s Head
  619. 619Christmas Book · Bustard — Christmas Candles
  620. 620Christmas Carols
  621. 621Decorations
  622. 622Game Pies
  623. 623Mince Pies
  624. 624Mistletoe
  625. 625Lord of Misrule
  626. 626Mummers
  627. 627Pantomime
  628. 628Plum-Porridge
  629. 629Snapdragon
  630. 630Christmas Sports
  631. 631Christmas Tree
  632. 632The Vessel-Cup
  633. 633Turkey
  634. 634Waits
  635. 635Yule-clog or Yule-log
  636. 636Berkshire
  637. 637Buckinghamshire
  638. 638Cambridgeshire
  639. 639Cornwall
  640. 640Cumberland
  641. 641Derbyshire
  642. 642Dorsetshire
  643. 643Essex
  644. 644Gloucestershire
  645. 645Herefordshire
  646. 646Kent
  647. 647Lancashire
  648. 648Isle of Man
  649. 649Middlesex
  650. 650Norfolk
  651. 651Northamptonshire
  652. 652Northumberland — Nottinghamshire
  653. 653Oxfordshire
  654. 654Scilly Isles
  655. 655Somersetshire
  656. 656Staffordshire
  657. 657Suffolk
  658. 658Westmoreland
  659. 659Worcestershire
  660. 660Yorkshire
  661. 661Wales
  662. 662Scotland
  663. 663Ireland
  664. 664Dec. 26.] St. Stephen’s Day
  665. 665Bedfordshire — Buckinghamshire
  666. 666Cambridgeshire
  667. 667Isle of Man
  668. 668Norfolk
  669. 669Oxfordshire
  670. 670Yorkshire
  671. 671Wales
  672. 672Ireland
  673. 673Dec. 28.] Holy Innocents’ Day
  674. 674Gloucestershire — Northamptonshire
  675. 675Somersetshire
  676. 676Worcestershire
  677. 677Ireland
  678. 678Dec. 31.] New Year’s Eve
  679. 679Cornwall
  680. 680Cumberland
  681. 681Derbyshire
  682. 682Gloucestershire
  683. 683Isle of Man
  684. 684Nottinghamshire
  685. 685Oxfordshire
  686. 686Isle of Wight
  687. 687Yorkshire
  688. 688Scotland
  689. 689Ireland
  690. 690An Alphabetical List of Books Contained in Bohn’s Libraries
  691. 691Masters of Literature
  692. 692Bell’s Handbooks of the Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture
  693. 693The Aldine Edition of the British Poets
  694. 694The All-England Series — Handbooks of Athletic Games · The Club Ser…

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