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 CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF BRAND MATERIAL.

{Contifiued /roi?i p. 86.)

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

November qth.

ENGLAND.

" Lord Mayor's Show." State Procession locality.

to Westminster. . . . City of London. Mayor taken home with band and fireworks Glastonbury. Whole population drink out of " golden

cup " (silver-gilt), kept by the Mayor Cornwall (St. Ives). Mayor, Corporation, and officials drink out of silver cup on first Sunday Mayor

attends church -. . - Cornwall (Penryn).

" Clou ting-out day " (schoolmasters barred-out, children demand coppers,

fruit, etc.) - Staffs. (Newcastle-under-

Lyme). Mock Mayor elected . - - - Devon (Bideford).

Berks. (Newbury). Glos. (Paganhill). Modern. Guy Fawkes celebration held - - - Eastbourne. Sprat-fishing begins - - -. Sussex.

ST. MARTIN'S DAY. November iith. St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, died a.d. 356. Patron of soldiers and of beggars.

ENGLAND. I. Names. locality.

Martinmas - General. Martlemas - Lines., Notts. ,N. Country. " Pack-rag Day," 12th November, Whitby.