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Article OLDEN HOLIDAY CUSTOMS. ← Page 8 of 11 →
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Olden Holiday Customs.
Christ ' s mandate to his followers to break bread in his memory , or , more probably , from the Saxon maund , a basket , or offering contained therein . Anciently , the sovereign washed and kissed the feet of a number of poor , corresponding to the number of years of his age—a ceremony performed by Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich . James II . was the last monarch who did this in
person . The following account of the washing and alms-giving is from a newspaper , dating 1727 : — " Thursday being Maundy-Thursday , his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York performed the ceremony of washing the feet of a certain number of poor
at Whitehall , in imitation of Our Saviour ' s example of humility . The charity bestowed on this occasion to each lazar is—woollen cloth for one suit , linen for two shirts , six penny loaves of bread , fish in wooden platters , a quart bottle of wine , and two red leather purses , one with as many single pence as the king is years old , and the other with as many shillings as years of his
reign . " In German Catholic countries , this observance is termed " Fuss-wasching "—feet-washing—and used to be performed by the emperor and empress , at Vienna . Though our English sovereigns have disused the washing , the alms still continue to be bestowed . We have hitherto made food a prominent feature in holiday
celebrations ; and we must still bring forward the hot-cross bun , so universally consumed on Good-Friday . The hot-cross bun is derived from the consecrated cake presented every seventh day to the Gods , in the ancient Arkite temples . These were purchased at the entrance of the temples , and were called in Greek , boun . Diogenes Laertius describes the sacred liba as
composed of fine flour and honey . They may have had a retrospect to the Jewish paschal unleavened bread of old . The season of Easter was at one time one of unbounded licence and cruelty towards the Jews . Charlemagne permitted by law the inhabitants of Toulouse to box the ears of any Jew they might meet , as a mark of scorn and contempt—a
permission ivhich was fully used , and productive of considerable cruelty . This custom was subsequently put a stop to , and , in its place , a tax imposed , for the good of the church of Saint
Saturnin . The stoning of Jews was permitted during the holy week in France . An old chronicler relates that Aimeric , Viscount de Rochechouard , having visited Toulouse , the chapter of St . Etienne , in order to do him honour , appointed his chaplain , Hughes , to beat a Jew , —a service so zealously performed , that the victim ' s brains were dashed out , and he expired on the spot . In England , Easter was marked by usages , not of so much cruelty , but evincing a popular feeling against
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Olden Holiday Customs.
Christ ' s mandate to his followers to break bread in his memory , or , more probably , from the Saxon maund , a basket , or offering contained therein . Anciently , the sovereign washed and kissed the feet of a number of poor , corresponding to the number of years of his age—a ceremony performed by Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich . James II . was the last monarch who did this in
person . The following account of the washing and alms-giving is from a newspaper , dating 1727 : — " Thursday being Maundy-Thursday , his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York performed the ceremony of washing the feet of a certain number of poor
at Whitehall , in imitation of Our Saviour ' s example of humility . The charity bestowed on this occasion to each lazar is—woollen cloth for one suit , linen for two shirts , six penny loaves of bread , fish in wooden platters , a quart bottle of wine , and two red leather purses , one with as many single pence as the king is years old , and the other with as many shillings as years of his
reign . " In German Catholic countries , this observance is termed " Fuss-wasching "—feet-washing—and used to be performed by the emperor and empress , at Vienna . Though our English sovereigns have disused the washing , the alms still continue to be bestowed . We have hitherto made food a prominent feature in holiday
celebrations ; and we must still bring forward the hot-cross bun , so universally consumed on Good-Friday . The hot-cross bun is derived from the consecrated cake presented every seventh day to the Gods , in the ancient Arkite temples . These were purchased at the entrance of the temples , and were called in Greek , boun . Diogenes Laertius describes the sacred liba as
composed of fine flour and honey . They may have had a retrospect to the Jewish paschal unleavened bread of old . The season of Easter was at one time one of unbounded licence and cruelty towards the Jews . Charlemagne permitted by law the inhabitants of Toulouse to box the ears of any Jew they might meet , as a mark of scorn and contempt—a
permission ivhich was fully used , and productive of considerable cruelty . This custom was subsequently put a stop to , and , in its place , a tax imposed , for the good of the church of Saint
Saturnin . The stoning of Jews was permitted during the holy week in France . An old chronicler relates that Aimeric , Viscount de Rochechouard , having visited Toulouse , the chapter of St . Etienne , in order to do him honour , appointed his chaplain , Hughes , to beat a Jew , —a service so zealously performed , that the victim ' s brains were dashed out , and he expired on the spot . In England , Easter was marked by usages , not of so much cruelty , but evincing a popular feeling against