Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local ObservancesG. Redway, 1896 - 344 páginas |
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... Companies of London - Civic banquets - Loving - cup - Election of Master of Girdlers ' Company - Skinners ' Company - Vintners ' Company - Swan - upping and the Dyers ' Company— The salt - cellar of the Innholders ' Company - Silver ...
... Companies of London - Civic banquets - Loving - cup - Election of Master of Girdlers ' Company - Skinners ' Company - Vintners ' Company - Swan - upping and the Dyers ' Company— The salt - cellar of the Innholders ' Company - Silver ...
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... company , we can show to them the strange performance and wild , rude ceremony , and try to discover the origin and meaning of that which we behold . One request I fain would utter : " Villagers and most worthy townsfolk of England , we ...
... company , we can show to them the strange performance and wild , rude ceremony , and try to discover the origin and meaning of that which we behold . One request I fain would utter : " Villagers and most worthy townsfolk of England , we ...
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... company . The following are the words of this ancient ditty : - Caput apri defero , Reddens laudes Domino . The boar's - head in hand bring I , Bedecked with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you , masters , be merry , Qui estis in ...
... company . The following are the words of this ancient ditty : - Caput apri defero , Reddens laudes Domino . The boar's - head in hand bring I , Bedecked with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you , masters , be merry , Qui estis in ...
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... company he gives a glass , and to each woman a kiss . In Northumberland a " " On these occasions sweetened ale or egg- flip are the prescribed beverages for the drinking of healths when the new year is ' brought in . " In Banffshire the ...
... company he gives a glass , and to each woman a kiss . In Northumberland a " " On these occasions sweetened ale or egg- flip are the prescribed beverages for the drinking of healths when the new year is ' brought in . " In Banffshire the ...
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... companies would stay up all night playing and singing in order to welcome the incoming May . In most of the Lancashire towns the carters decorate their horses with ribbons , rosettes , and flowers . In Bolton prizes are given for the ...
... companies would stay up all night playing and singing in order to welcome the incoming May . In most of the Lancashire towns the carters decorate their horses with ribbons , rosettes , and flowers . In Bolton prizes are given for the ...
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Página 217 - Gentlewomen ; and after such Sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Menechmus} was played by the Players. So that Night was begun, and continued to the end, in nothing but Confusion and Errors; whereupon, it was ever afterwards called, The Night of Errors.
Página 108 - Twould have been better for our souls if we had ne'er been born. Good morning, lords and ladies! it is the First of May; I hope you'll view the garland, for it looks so very gay. The cuckoo sings in April, the cuckoo sings in May, The cuckoo sings in June, in July it flies away. Now take a Bible in your hand and read a chapter through, And when the day of judgment comes, the Lord will think of you.
Página 113 - For we were up as soon as any day, O! And for to fetch the summer home, The summer and the may, O! For summer is a-come, O! And winter is a-gone, O!
Página 208 - By this book and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I...
Página 101 - ... of cream. If not a bowl of your good cream, A mug of your strong beer ; For the Lord doth know where we shall be To be merry another year. Now take your Bible in your hand And read your chapter through ; And when the day of judgment comes, The Lord will remember you. And now my song is almost done, No longer can I stay, God bless you all, both great and small, I wish you a joyful May. And I hope you'll find your money-box Before we go away.
Página 158 - Wife, make us a dinner, spare flesh, neither corn, Make wafers and cakes, for our sheep must be shorn, At sheep -shearing, neighbours none other thing crave, But good cheer and welcome, like neighbours to have.
Página 178 - I find but two couples in this first century that were successful : the first was a sea-captain and his wife, who since the day of their marriage had not seen one another till the day of the claim.