Catalogue of Brand Material.
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{Monday).
The " Wap " (weavers' fes- tival ; Mock Mayor chosen, chaired, and splashed with water ; sprinkled others. " Bush " inns)
" Middleton Monday " (in- spection of highways ; schoolboys break loose) -
" The Cuckowe Prince " chosen at parish meeting, to succeed the " Cuckowe King " next year ^ -
LOCALITY.
Glos. (Randwick).
Nottingham (Hone's
E.D.B. 1826).
Wilts. (Mere.) (1565).
SCOTLAND.
Names.
Caisg nam badach . . - " Law Sonday after pasche."
Observance.
Wappynschawing " the nixt morn after "
West Highlands.
Edinburgh (1555).
HOCK-TIDE.
The Monday and Tuesday a fortnight after Easter. Etymology
uncertain. Object, to collect money for pious uses.
Observance.
Men and women severally " chained " roads and demanded
toll of kisses and money (obs.). Noticed in Documents - - Berks. (Reading).
„ „ - - Herts. (Bishop's Stort-
ford). „ ,, - - Hants, (parishes in).
,, „ - - West Kent (Brenchley).
1 Was his reign to last during the cuckoo's sojourn? say April 25th to June 24th.
