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Catalogue of Brand Material.
II. Local Festival Observances. Plays given - - -
,, with Procession - Processions without Plays
Church-Ale organised by Corpus Christi Guild — held on ground still called Corpus Christi -
LOCALITY.
Ashburton, Boston (by
Grey Friars), York,
Reading. Chester, Coventry, New-
castle-on-Tyne. Durham (till circa 1800). Hereford, Norwich, Os-
westrj^ Shrewsbury
(till '187S), Southam
(Warw.). London (Skinners' Co.
schools retained it till
1822I.
Plymouth.
WALES.
Local Observances.
{a) Customary to pray for health before the altar on Corpus Christi night. (Supernatural interposition in favour of the practice) _ . - - Sleeping on tombs for cure of disease - - - .
{b) Observances with Plants.
Ferns strewn before doors on Eve . - - -
(c) Games.
" Knappan " played between districts - - - -
Glamorgansh.
Monmouth (Christ Ch.). Caerleon (Christ Church) . Clynog.
Caerwys.
S. Cardiganshire.
IRELAND.
Called Rushy Thursday. Rushes strewn
outside doors ----- Cork.
Procession, Tournament, Games, Sunday
after Corpus Christi - - . Dublin.
