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 Catalogue of Brand Materia/. 8i

GUNPOWDER TREASON.

November 4TH.

ENGLAND.

I. Names. loc.\litv.

" Mischievous Night " (boys play

tricks) - West Riding (Kiikstali,

Normanton). " Ringing Night " (Ringers' Rules

not enforced) - - - - Cormvall (Polperro. etc.).

II. Observances.

Church beUs rung _ - - CornwaU, I)e\'on (East

Babbhng " (striking doors with

stones in leathern bags) - - Holderness (Ottering-

Budleigh to 1884).

olderness (Otterir ham, Keyingham).

" Flapping " (beating the cliurch

pews — and presently each other

— with pieces of leather attached

to string, while the bells rang) - Holderness (Ottcring-

ham, Ross, Skirlough). Children " holloa for biscuits " ;

scrambled for in churchyard ^ up

to 1S84 - East Budleigh. Annual Dinner of " Corporation of

St. Pancras," by which diners

became Free Burgesses - - Chichester.

GUNPOWDER TREASON.

November 5TH.

ENGLAND. I. Names. locality.

Guy Fawkes' Day - - - General.

Bonfire Night - - _ - Sussex.

Carnival Day - - - - Cornwall (North).

Gowayes Day - - - - Northumberland (Gates- head).

1 Date changed to November i, 1884. F