Published in 1813, this two-volume almanac of British customs and superstitions is one of the earliest sources for British folklore.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Editor's advertisement Preface New Year's Eve New Year's Day Twelfth Night St. Agnes's Day or Eve, Jan. 21st St. Vincent's Day, Jan. 22d St. Paul's Day, Jan. 25th Candlemas Day, Feb. 2d St. Blaze's Day, Feb. 3d Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th Collop or Shrove Monday Shrove-tide, or Shrove Tuesday Ash-Wednesday St. David's Day, March 1st St. Patrick's Day, March 17th Mid-Lent Sunday Palm Sunday All Fool's Day, April 1st Shere Thursday, also Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Eve Easter Day Easter eggs Easter holidays Lifting on Easter holidays Hoke Day St. George's Day, April 23d St. Mark's Day or Eve Parochial perambulations in Rogation Week. Ascension Day or Holy Thursday May Day customs May Poles Morris dancers St. Urban's Day, May 25th Royal Oak Day, May 29th Whitsuntide Trinity, or Trinity Sunday, Even. Eve of Thursday after Trinity Sunday St. Barnabas Day, June 11th St. Vitus's Day, June 15th Corpus Christi Day, and Plays, June 14th Summer Solstice. Midsummer Eve. The Vigil of St. John the Baptist's Day St. Peter's Day, June 29th St. Ulric, July 4th St. Swithin's Day, July 15th St. Margaret's Day, July 20th St. Bridget, July 23d St. James's Day, July 25th Gule of August, commonly called Lammass Day Assumption of the Virgin Mary, August 15th St. Roch's Day, August 16th St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24th Holy-Rood-Day, Septemb. 14th Michaelmas, Septemb. 29th St. Ethelburgh's Day, October 11th St. Simon and St. Jude's Day, October 28th Allhallow Even. The Fifth of November Martinmas, Novemb. 11th Queen Elizabeth's accession, Novemb. 17th St. Clement's Day, Novemb. 23d St. Catharine's Day, Novemb. 24th St. Andrew's Day, Novemb. 30th St. Nicholas's Day, Decemb. 6th On the montem at Eton Customs a little before, at, or about Christmas Of the Yule clog, or block, burnt on Christmas Eve Of the word Yule, formerly used to signify Christmas Sports, games, etc. at Christmas St. Stephen's Day, Decemb. 26th St. John the Evangelist, Decemb. 27th Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day Country wakes, called also feasts of dedication, revellings, rush-bearings, and in the north of England hoppings Harvest home, alias Mell Supper, Kern or Churn supper, or Feast of Ingathering The feast of sheep shearing Saturday afternoon The borrowed days Days lucky or unlucky Cock crowing, time of the morning so called Strewing churches with flowers on days of humiliation and thanksgiving Cock-fighting Bull-running in the town of Stamford Additions to Vol. 1.
Editor's advertisement Preface New Year's Eve New Year's Day Twelfth Night St. Agnes's Day or Eve, Jan. 21st St. Vincent's Day, Jan. 22d St. Paul's Day, Jan. 25th Candlemas Day, Feb. 2d St. Blaze's Day, Feb. 3d Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th Collop or Shrove Monday Shrove-tide, or Shrove Tuesday Ash-Wednesday St. David's Day, March 1st St. Patrick's Day, March 17th Mid-Lent Sunday Palm Sunday All Fool's Day, April 1st Shere Thursday, also Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Eve Easter Day Easter eggs Easter holidays Lifting on Easter holidays Hoke Day St. George's Day, April 23d St. Mark's Day or Eve Parochial perambulations in Rogation Week. Ascension Day or Holy Thursday May Day customs May Poles Morris dancers St. Urban's Day, May 25th Royal Oak Day, May 29th Whitsuntide Trinity, or Trinity Sunday, Even. Eve of Thursday after Trinity Sunday St. Barnabas Day, June 11th St. Vitus's Day, June 15th Corpus Christi Day, and Plays, June 14th Summer Solstice. Midsummer Eve. The Vigil of St. John the Baptist's Day St. Peter's Day, June 29th St. Ulric, July 4th St. Swithin's Day, July 15th St. Margaret's Day, July 20th St. Bridget, July 23d St. James's Day, July 25th Gule of August, commonly called Lammass Day Assumption of the Virgin Mary, August 15th St. Roch's Day, August 16th St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24th Holy-Rood-Day, Septemb. 14th Michaelmas, Septemb. 29th St. Ethelburgh's Day, October 11th St. Simon and St. Jude's Day, October 28th Allhallow Even. The Fifth of November Martinmas, Novemb. 11th Queen Elizabeth's accession, Novemb. 17th St. Clement's Day, Novemb. 23d St. Catharine's Day, Novemb. 24th St. Andrew's Day, Novemb. 30th St. Nicholas's Day, Decemb. 6th On the montem at Eton Customs a little before, at, or about Christmas Of the Yule clog, or block, burnt on Christmas Eve Of the word Yule, formerly used to signify Christmas Sports, games, etc. at Christmas St. Stephen's Day, Decemb. 26th St. John the Evangelist, Decemb. 27th Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day Country wakes, called also feasts of dedication, revellings, rush-bearings, and in the north of England hoppings Harvest home, alias Mell Supper, Kern or Churn supper, or Feast of Ingathering The feast of sheep shearing Saturday afternoon The borrowed days Days lucky or unlucky Cock crowing, time of the morning so called Strewing churches with flowers on days of humiliation and thanksgiving Cock-fighting Bull-running in the town of Stamford Additions to Vol. 1.
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