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Catalogue of Brand Material.
Candles begged from grocers
Sweets, etc., begged -
Apples and ale begged, with " Wassail " rhyme -
Women wear men's clothes to beg - - - -
Women wear special costume
Mumpers (lads) act" play at houses - - -
Mumpers (old folks and children) " mumble a tra- ditional tale " as they go -
Recipients present mistletoe or holly - Gifts sent to one centre and distributed
(6) Bell-ringing Customs.
" Ringing in " Christmas Ringing at 5 or 6 a.m., or at daybreak (usually in order to give warning of the dis- tribution of doles) -
III. Special Local Observances.
" Youle-girth " (regulations for peaceful observance of Christmas proclaimed at the pillory and four gates of the city)
OBSERVED IN
Lines. (Axholme, Grims- by). Glos. (Todenhara). W^orc. (Armscote).
Glos. (Bretforton). Wore. (Leigh, Harving- ton, Offenham, etc.).
Salop.
Staffs. (Eccleshall).
Glos. (Selsley).
Lines. (Boston, Gran- tham, Lincoln). Staffs. (Cheadle). Wore. (Harvington).
Cambs. (Gt. Gransden). Salop (Clun, Holgate). Staffs, (various places).
Locality ?
Bucks. (Granborough,. Marsh Gibbon, Quain- ton, Stone, Swan- bourne).
Oxon. (Charlton on Ot- moor) .
Wanv. (Ettington, Bid- ford, Fenny Compton, Frankton, Harbury, Kineton, Southam, Tachbrook, Welles- bourne).
- York (i6th cent.).
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