CATALOGUE OF BRAND MATERIAL.
{Continued from Vol. XXVI., p. 388.)
HOLY WEEK.
ENGLAND.
PreparatioTis for Easter begun. locality.
" Jolly lads " (morris-dancers) and " Pace-eggers " (players) begin to collect eggs and money - Lanes. (The Fylde).
" Pace-eggers " perform from Mon- day to Thursday - - _ Ihid (Blackburn).
MAUNDY THURSDAY.
ENGLAND.
I. Names.
Shere Thursday (obs.).
Bloody Thursday - - . Northumberland, Yorks.
IL Observances.
Children act driving away herrings Westmoreland (Kendal,
1850). Children beg for eggs and bacon ^ Oxon. (Blechington,
Weston, Charlton, etc., 1686). Washing the Altars (obs.). Washing the feet of the Poor (obs.). Almsgiving :
" The King's Maundy " -
Dole to children - - . Exeter Cathedral (1826).
1 Their rhyme :
" Herrings, herrings white and red, Ten a penny ! Lent is dead ! "
