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Catalogue of Brand Material.
Parochial Love-Feast of Reconcilia- tion ------
WALES. I. Natural Phenomena. Unnecessary work might be punished by
lightning -----
Important to do good on this day - Schoolboys set up a target and pelted it
with pebbles -----
LOCALITY.
St. Clement's, East- cheap (1491, 1691).
South Wales. South Wales.
South Wales.
SCOTLAND. II. Observances.
A man waded into the sea at mid- night and prayed for much kelp (for manure) - - - - Hebrides (?). Porridge was poured into the sea
for the same purpose - - Hebrides (?).
Name.
IRELAND.
" Cropping Thursday " (men had
their hair cut before Easter) - Lei trim.
GOOD FRIDAY.
ENGLAND. I. Natural Phenomena.
Rain on, affects crops - - - Snow on, causes snow in May Parsley sown on, will prosper
,, ,, will last all the
year
,, ,, will not come
double other- wise Stocks sown will come double Beans sown will prosper Pease will " grow goody " - An egg laid on, keeps good and cures colic - _ - -
Devon, Hereford, etc. Salop (Oswestry). Cheshire.
Surrey, Devon, all Anglia.
East
Wore, Surrey, Suffolk. Wore. (Alvechurch). Wore, Devon. Devon.
Suffolk.
