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Eat an apple before a mirror ; at midnight - - -
Go upstairs to bed backwards, in silence - - - -
Bake and eat " dumb-cake "
Eat a salt herring, and go to bed backwards ; man offers drink . . . -
Place shoes in form of T, with formula, get into bed backwards without further words - - . -
Sleep with a crooked six- pence and a sprig of rose- mary under the pillow ; man appears in dreams -
Sleep with " Allan apple " under pillow, eat it under a tree next morning before dressing - - - -
Wash and dry a shift at mid- night ; lover comes and turns it -
Lay supper on table, at mid- night ; man will come and partake - - - -
LOCALITY.
Devon, Salop, Shefi&eld,
Yorks. (Swaledale). Isle of Axholme.
Isle of Axholme.
Watch in church porch to see those dooined to die during
Derbyshire.
Derbj^shire.
Cornwall.
Sussex, Salop, Norfolk.
Oxford, Cheshire (Tran- mere).
- Durham (Gainford).
IV. Local Festival Observances.
Mayor, Sheriff, and Council offered at All Hallowen Church, and had " ffyres, and drynkynges at the Maire's place with spiced Cake- brede and sondry wynes "
■' Word-ale " to pray for the Abbot of Stanley who granted freedom from tithe. Ceremonial health- drinking (Aubrey) - - -
Guild Festival — down to i6th cen- tury (bread and cheese and beer provided, prayers for brethren departed ; Guilds of St. Mary,
Bristol (i47(:
North Wilts.
