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Catalogue of Brand Material.

II. Local Festival Observances. Plays given - - -

,, with Procession - Processions without Plays

Church-Ale organised by Corpus Christi Guild — held on ground still called Corpus Christi -

LOCALITY.

Ashburton, Boston (by

Grey Friars), York,

Reading. Chester, Coventry, New-

castle-on-Tyne. Durham (till circa 1800). Hereford, Norwich, Os-

westrj^ Shrewsbury

(till '187S), Southam

(Warw.). London (Skinners' Co.

schools retained it till

1822I.

Plymouth.

WALES.

Local Observances.

{a) Customary to pray for health before the altar on Corpus Christi night. (Supernatural interposition in favour of the practice) _ . - - Sleeping on tombs for cure of disease - - -.

{b) Observances with Plants.

Ferns strewn before doors on Eve. - - -

(c) Games.

" Knappan " played between districts - - - -

Glamorgansh.

Monmouth (Christ Ch.). Caerleon (Christ Church). Clynog.

Caerwys.

S. Cardiganshire.

IRELAND.

Called Rushy Thursday. Rushes strewn

outside doors - Cork.

Procession, Tournament, Games, Sunday

after Corpus Christi - -. Dublin.