Catalogue of Bra]id Material.
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LOCALITY.
Girls " cucked " or tossed if they refused to be kissed -
Boys steal girls' shoes, Easter Sunday afternoon till Monday noon. Girls then steal boys' caps till Tuesday noon - - -
" Hefting " or lifting (girls seized boys' caps, Monday. Boys lifted girls by the elbows till shoes fell off, Tuesday) ...
" Leggin' Day." (Boys and girls privileged to trip one another up) - - -
(c) Games.
Hand-ball - - - -
Easter called " Ball-time." If ball not " well played," lads will fall sick in har- ve .t. (See Shrovetide) Football, fives, cricket, etc., played after morning ser- vice . _ - - " Luking " (playing trap-ball or " knu r and spell ') bigins - - - - Football on the Roodee ex- changed for races, t. Henry VIII. "The Ring" (probably Kiss- in-the-Ring) ,, Played with a stick instead o a handkerchief -
Kissing-ring (said to be
Barley-break, but query) -
Cockiighting . - -
ibid. (Bradwell).
Northumb. (Alnwick), Durham, North Yorks. (Whitby, Redcar, Filey, Ripon), Lanes. (Pres- ton).
Carlton in Cleveland.
East Riding.
Northumb. (Alnwick,
Morpeth, Newcastle).
Yorks. (North Riding).
Yorks. (Richmond).
West Riding, Helmsley.
Chester. Lanes.
Lanes. (Padiham in Whalley).
Hull. Alnwick.
