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 CATALOGUE OF BRAND MATERIAL.

{Continued from Vol. XXVI., p. 388.)

HOLY WEEK.

ENGLAND.

PreparatioTis for Easter begun. locality.

" Jolly lads " (morris-dancers) and " Pace-eggers " (players) begin to collect eggs and money - Lanes. (The Fylde).

" Pace-eggers " perform from Mon- day to Thursday - - _ Ihid (Blackburn).

MAUNDY THURSDAY.

ENGLAND.

I. Names.

Shere Thursday (obs.).

Bloody Thursday - -. Northumberland, Yorks.

IL Observances.

Children act driving away herrings Westmoreland (Kendal,

1850). Children beg for eggs and bacon ^ Oxon. (Blechington,

Weston, Charlton, etc., 1686). Washing the Altars (obs.). Washing the feet of the Poor (obs.). Almsgiving :

" The King's Maundy " -

Dole to children - -. Exeter Cathedral (1826).

1 Their rhyme :

" Herrings, herrings white and red, Ten a penny ! Lent is dead ! "