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388 V. Business Transacted.

Church floor strewn with rushes Bristol (St. Mary Redcliffe).

"Palmson Money" paid at Easter Wilts. (Bradford).

Bundle of box-twigs paid as rent (1086) Salop (Poston).

"Gad-whip Tenure." (Rent, 30 pieces of silver, tied to a whip-thong and paid publicly in church service) Lines. (Caistor).

I. Names.

Sul-y-blodau (Welsh).

Flowering Sunday (English).

II. Natural Phenomena.

Fairies and witches have power over persons born this day South Wales.

Walking round boundaries this day keeps away thieves South Wales.

III. Observances.

Decorating Graves and visiting Churchyards.

General in South Wales General (Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Monmouth).

Occasionally met with in North Wales (Montgomery, Cardigan, also Pembroke).

Drinking sugar and water at well Denbigh (Llansantffraid).

Observances.

Pace eggs used Hebrides (Uist).

Schoolboys carried palms through streets Lanark.

Observances.

Palm twigs worn Co. Deny (Maghera).