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Catalogue of Brand Material.

Chandlers and grocers, Christmas

candles-. . _ _

Master joiners, yule-logs -

" Hardgrain," apresentof wheat

or money made to children at

Christmas _. - -

Stocking hung up to receive gifts

(/) Household Festivities.

Households of Nobility and Squirearchy (17th cent.). Tenantry assembled at day- break ; hospitality to all comers ; servants dancing, masquerading, joined in games

Guessing identity masked fellow-servants, 1795 Farmhouses (dances, collec- tion for fiddler) Cottages (" crusty loaf and mouldy cheese " ready for all comers) _ _ _.

LOCALITY. Yorksh. Yorksh.

Lanes. (Hund. of Lons- dale). See Henderson, p. 67.

General (cf. Round about our Coal Fire).

Aston, nr. Birmingham.

Somerset.

Derbyshire.

{g) Holidays, Merrymaking, etc.

Plough not worked (see Plough Monday).

Household work intermitted Servants equalled masters Servants leave places, Dec. 26 ; spend Christmas Weekathome

Fairs in Christmas Week.

Gauby Far (formerly Hiring Fair) -. - -

Gauby Market (ditto) - Giglet Fair (a pleasure fair, introductions unneces- sary ^) - - - -

" Merry Nights " (subscription dances at public houses

" Treating " expected from all comers, under pain of " stang- riding " or " basketing "

'Cf. Mistletoe.

South and West Salop. Norfolk.

Cheshire, North Staffs^ North-east Salop.

Shrewsbury. Salop (Newport).

Cornwall (Launceston), Devon (Okehampton).

Cumbd. and Westmd.

Ditto.