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Olden Holiday Customs
is held at Sherborne , Dorsetshire , on the first Monday in October ; a mart for the sale of horses , oxen , sheep , and pigs , with fruits , earthemvare , toys , & c . Tradition says that it originated at the completion ^ of the building of the church , on which occasion the workmen packed up their tools and held a
Avake in the churchyard , enlivened b y the blowing of cows' horns , then popular music . This was in the sixth century . In November , many Popish ceremonies have been retained in North Wales , and are stillpractised . At Monmouth , the loAver classes beg bread for the use of the souls of the departed on All Saint ' s clay , Avhich they term " dole-bread . "
The fifth of NoA'ember , commonly callecFGuy Faux day , brings to mind an old custom , as energetically kept up perhaps as any previously mentioned ; although it is Avith the rest on the roacl to oblivion . Formerly more than two hundred cartloads of fuel ha \ 'e been knoivn to arrive at the Great Queen Street corner of Lincoln's Inn / Fieldsto ^ supplthe large
, y bonfires erected there . At this place upivards of thirty effigies of the traitor Faux used to be burnt upon gibbets . At the town of Purton , the boys of the place assail the farmers during the preAdous five or six Aveeks , and beg from each a faggot tOAvards the completion of their loyal preparations . This requesthoweA erappears to carry with it someivhat of a
, , demand , when accompanied by the folloiving chorus , — " If you don't give us one We'll take two ; The better for us , Sir , The worse for you . "
A few days after ^ tlie patriotic element has been expending itself , Ave reach a festival of a different nature , and one on which Pope would have us believe that " sober citizens got drunk b y wine , " — -Lord Mayor ' s day . " Now countless turbots , and unnumbered soles , Fill the wide kitchens of each lively hall
. From pot to spit , to kettle , stew , and pan , The busy hum of greasy scullions sounds . Cook threatens cook , in high and saucy vaunt Of rare and new-made dishes . Confectioners , Both pastry-cooks and fruiterers , in league , With candied art their rivals closing up , Give pleasing notice of a rich dessert . "
The ancient Chinese emperors appointed ^ feasts , Avhich Avere prepared annuall y by governors of toAvns for such as Avere noted among their fellow-townsmen for probity and integrity . The last duodecimal portion of the year IIOAV only remains for consideration , in the brief manner our limits compel us to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Olden Holiday Customs
is held at Sherborne , Dorsetshire , on the first Monday in October ; a mart for the sale of horses , oxen , sheep , and pigs , with fruits , earthemvare , toys , & c . Tradition says that it originated at the completion ^ of the building of the church , on which occasion the workmen packed up their tools and held a
Avake in the churchyard , enlivened b y the blowing of cows' horns , then popular music . This was in the sixth century . In November , many Popish ceremonies have been retained in North Wales , and are stillpractised . At Monmouth , the loAver classes beg bread for the use of the souls of the departed on All Saint ' s clay , Avhich they term " dole-bread . "
The fifth of NoA'ember , commonly callecFGuy Faux day , brings to mind an old custom , as energetically kept up perhaps as any previously mentioned ; although it is Avith the rest on the roacl to oblivion . Formerly more than two hundred cartloads of fuel ha \ 'e been knoivn to arrive at the Great Queen Street corner of Lincoln's Inn / Fieldsto ^ supplthe large
, y bonfires erected there . At this place upivards of thirty effigies of the traitor Faux used to be burnt upon gibbets . At the town of Purton , the boys of the place assail the farmers during the preAdous five or six Aveeks , and beg from each a faggot tOAvards the completion of their loyal preparations . This requesthoweA erappears to carry with it someivhat of a
, , demand , when accompanied by the folloiving chorus , — " If you don't give us one We'll take two ; The better for us , Sir , The worse for you . "
A few days after ^ tlie patriotic element has been expending itself , Ave reach a festival of a different nature , and one on which Pope would have us believe that " sober citizens got drunk b y wine , " — -Lord Mayor ' s day . " Now countless turbots , and unnumbered soles , Fill the wide kitchens of each lively hall
. From pot to spit , to kettle , stew , and pan , The busy hum of greasy scullions sounds . Cook threatens cook , in high and saucy vaunt Of rare and new-made dishes . Confectioners , Both pastry-cooks and fruiterers , in league , With candied art their rivals closing up , Give pleasing notice of a rich dessert . "
The ancient Chinese emperors appointed ^ feasts , Avhich Avere prepared annuall y by governors of toAvns for such as Avere noted among their fellow-townsmen for probity and integrity . The last duodecimal portion of the year IIOAV only remains for consideration , in the brief manner our limits compel us to