Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- The Editor's Advertisement
- Preface
- Contents
- New Year's Eve
- New Year's Day
- Twelfth Day
- ST. Agnes's Day or Eve, Jan. 21st
- ST. Vincent's Day, Jan. 22d
- ST. Paul's Day, Jan. 25th
- Candlemas Day, Feb. 2d
- ST. Blaze's Day, Feb. 3d
- Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th
- Collop or Shrove Monday
- Shrove-Tide, or Shrove Tuesday
- Ash - Wednesday
- St.David's day, March 1st
- St.Patrick's day, March 17th
- Mid-Lent Sunday
- Palm Sunday
- All Fool's Day, April 1st
- Shere Thursday, also Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Eve
- Easter Day
- Easter Eggs
- Easter Holidays
- Lifting on Easter Holidays
- Hoke Day
- St.George's Day, April 23d
- St.Mark's Day or Eve
- Parochial Perambulations in Rogation Week. Ascension Day or Holy Thursday
- May Day Customs
- May Poles
- Morris Dancers
- ST. Urran's Day. May 25th
- Royal Oak Day. May 29th
- Whitsuntide
- Trinity, or Trinity Sunday, Even
- Eve of Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- St.Barnabas Day, June 11th
- St.Vitus's Day. June 15th
- Corpus Christi Day, and Plays. June 14th
- Summer Solstice. Midsummer Eve. The Vigil of St. John Baptist's Day
- St. Peter's Day. June 29th
- St. Ulric. July 4th
- St. Swithin's Day. July 15th
- St. Margaret's Day. July 20th
- St. Bridget. July 23d
- St. James's Day. July 25th
- Gule Of August, commonly called Lammass Day
- Assumption Of The Virgin Mary. August 15th
- St. Roch's Day. August 16th
- St. Bartholomew's Day. August 24th
- Holy-Rood-Day. Septemb. 14th
- Michaelmas. Septemb. 29th
- St. Ethelburgh's Day. October 11th
- St. Simon and St. Jude's day. October 28th
- AllHallow Even
- The Fifth Of November
- Martinmas. Novemb. 11th
- Queen Elizabeth's Accession. Novemb. 17th
- St. Clement's Day. Novemb. 23d
- St. Catharine's Day Novemb. 25th
- St. Andrew's Day. Novemb. 30th
- St. Nicholas's Day. Decemb. 6th
- On The Montem At Eton
- Customs a Little Before, At, or About Christmas
- Of the Yule Clog, or Block, burnt on Christmas Eve
- Of the Word Yvle, formerly used to signify Christmas
- Sports, Games, &c. at Christma
- St. Stephen's Day. Decemb. 26th
- St. John The Evangelist. Decemb. 27th
- Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day
- Country Wakes, called also Feasts Of Dedication, Revellings, Rush - Bearings, and in the North of England Hoppings
- Harvest Home, alias Mell Supper, Kern or Churn Supper, or Feast of Ingathering
- The Feast of Sheeps Hearing
- Saturday Afternoon
- The Borrowed Days
- Days Lucky or Unlucky
- Cock Crowing, Time of the Morning so called
- Strewing Churches with Flowers on Days of Humiliation and Thanksgiving
- Cock-Fighting
- Bull-Running in the Town of Stamford
- Additions to Vol.I
Preface
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- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- The Editor's Advertisement
- Preface
- Contents
- New Year's Eve
- New Year's Day
- Twelfth Day
- ST. Agnes's Day or Eve, Jan. 21st
- ST. Vincent's Day, Jan. 22d
- ST. Paul's Day, Jan. 25th
- Candlemas Day, Feb. 2d
- ST. Blaze's Day, Feb. 3d
- Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th
- Collop or Shrove Monday
- Shrove-Tide, or Shrove Tuesday
- Ash - Wednesday
- St.David's day, March 1st
- St.Patrick's day, March 17th
- Mid-Lent Sunday
- Palm Sunday
- All Fool's Day, April 1st
- Shere Thursday, also Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Eve
- Easter Day
- Easter Eggs
- Easter Holidays
- Lifting on Easter Holidays
- Hoke Day
- St.George's Day, April 23d
- St.Mark's Day or Eve
- Parochial Perambulations in Rogation Week. Ascension Day or Holy Thursday
- May Day Customs
- May Poles
- Morris Dancers
- ST. Urran's Day. May 25th
- Royal Oak Day. May 29th
- Whitsuntide
- Trinity, or Trinity Sunday, Even
- Eve of Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- St.Barnabas Day, June 11th
- St.Vitus's Day. June 15th
- Corpus Christi Day, and Plays. June 14th
- Summer Solstice. Midsummer Eve. The Vigil of St. John Baptist's Day
- St. Peter's Day. June 29th
- St. Ulric. July 4th
- St. Swithin's Day. July 15th
- St. Margaret's Day. July 20th
- St. Bridget. July 23d
- St. James's Day. July 25th
- Gule Of August, commonly called Lammass Day
- Assumption Of The Virgin Mary. August 15th
- St. Roch's Day. August 16th
- St. Bartholomew's Day. August 24th
- Holy-Rood-Day. Septemb. 14th
- Michaelmas. Septemb. 29th
- St. Ethelburgh's Day. October 11th
- St. Simon and St. Jude's day. October 28th
- AllHallow Even
- The Fifth Of November
- Martinmas. Novemb. 11th
- Queen Elizabeth's Accession. Novemb. 17th
- St. Clement's Day. Novemb. 23d
- St. Catharine's Day Novemb. 25th
- St. Andrew's Day. Novemb. 30th
- St. Nicholas's Day. Decemb. 6th
- On The Montem At Eton
- Customs a Little Before, At, or About Christmas
- Of the Yule Clog, or Block, burnt on Christmas Eve
- Of the Word Yvle, formerly used to signify Christmas
- Sports, Games, &c. at Christma
- St. Stephen's Day. Decemb. 26th
- St. John The Evangelist. Decemb. 27th
- Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day
- Country Wakes, called also Feasts Of Dedication, Revellings, Rush - Bearings, and in the North of England Hoppings
- Harvest Home, alias Mell Supper, Kern or Churn Supper, or Feast of Ingathering
- The Feast of Sheeps Hearing
- Saturday Afternoon
- The Borrowed Days
- Days Lucky or Unlucky
- Cock Crowing, Time of the Morning so called
- Strewing Churches with Flowers on Days of Humiliation and Thanksgiving
- Cock-Fighting
- Bull-Running in the Town of Stamford
- Additions to Vol.I
Summary
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- Observations on Popular AntiquitiesChiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions, pp. vii - xxiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1813