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Catalogue of Brand Matej'ial.

Eat an apple before a mirror ; at midnight - - -

Go upstairs to bed backwards, in silence - - - -

Bake and eat " dumb-cake "

Eat a salt herring, and go to bed backwards ; man offers drink. . . -

Place shoes in form of T, with formula, get into bed backwards without further words - -. -

Sleep with a crooked six- pence and a sprig of rose- mary under the pillow ; man appears in dreams -

Sleep with " Allan apple " under pillow, eat it under a tree next morning before dressing - - - -

Wash and dry a shift at mid- night ; lover comes and turns it -

Lay supper on table, at mid- night ; man will come and partake - - - -

LOCALITY.

Devon, Salop, Shefi&eld,

Yorks. (Swaledale). Isle of Axholme.

Isle of Axholme.

Watch in church porch to see those dooined to die during

Derbyshire.

Derbj^shire.

Cornwall.

Sussex, Salop, Norfolk.

Oxford, Cheshire (Tran- mere).

- Durham (Gainford).

IV. Local Festival Observances.

Mayor, Sheriff, and Council offered at All Hallowen Church, and had " ffyres, and drynkynges at the Maire's place with spiced Cake- brede and sondry wynes "

■' Word-ale " to pray for the Abbot of Stanley who granted freedom from tithe. Ceremonial health- drinking (Aubrey) - - -

Guild Festival — down to i6th cen- tury (bread and cheese and beer provided, prayers for brethren departed ; Guilds of St. Mary,

Bristol (i47(:

North Wilts.