British Popular Customs, Present and Past

ancient annual Antiq apples assemble attended bailiff Bartholomew Fair bells Book of Days boys Brand bread BUCKINGHAMSHIRE cake called Candlemas candles carried celebrated ceremony Christmas Day church Cornwall cross customary Customs and Charities dancing Day Book decorated DERBYSHIRE door dressed Easter eggs England Evi Kalend fair feast festival fire first-foot flowers formerly Friday garland give head Henry Henry VIII HEREFORDSHIRE History honour horse inhabitants Ireland Isle king ladies Lancashire London Lord maids manor May-day mayor maypole merry Monday morning neighbourhood neighbouring night NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE o'clock observed occasion Old English Customs origin OXFORDSHIRE Palm Sunday pancakes parish party person play plough Plough Monday pole poor procession Queen ribbons round saint says Scotland season Shrove Tuesday singing song sport STAFFORDSHIRE Stephen's Day streets Sunday Tenby Thursday town Trinity Sunday Valentine village wassail WORCESTERSHIRE Year's YORKSHIRE young