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Catalogue of Brand Material.

LOCALITY.

Squirrel-hunting -. - Norfolk and Suffolk.

Bull-baiting - - - - Suffolk. Butcher provided bull to be

killed by undergraduates Oxford. " Cabsow " or " shin-up " (a

kind of hockey) - - - Lines. (Grimsby, Clee-

thorpes). Quintain (medieval athletic sport).

Indoor Games.

" Bite-apple " or " souse- apple " (see November)

Snap-dragon

Card-playing

Apprentices allowed to play

cards at Christmas, 1446 -

Children's gambling game with

pins - - - -

Blindman's Buff, turn-the-tren-

cher, hunt the slipper, puss-

in-the-corner, hot cockles,

hide-and-seek (in various

forms), Bobby Bingo,

oranges and lemons, Buff,

forfeits, memory games, etc.,

commonly played. Christmas Tree introduced Christmas Cards introduced Christmas Pieces (children's speci- mens of caligraphy, disused) Christmas Pantomimes intro- duced -

Lanes., Staffs., Salop.

General.

Universal.

Walsall.

Cornwall.

Circa 1789. 1850-60.

Circa 1830.

1702, ut dicit.

III. Local Observances.

(a) Bell-ringing Customs. Christmas Eve.

Two bells rung, 4 p.m. " Cheese-and-bread bell," 7 p.m. - - - -

Peal rung, 8 p.m. " The Devil's Knell" (passing bell) midnight -

Wolverhampton.

Hexham Priory. Yorkshire (general).

Yorkshire (Horsbury,

Dewsbury).