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192 A Gaelic Charm (seun).—The following is a translation of a charm from the late Dr. Norman Macleod's Caraid nan Gaidhealf p. 343 (Ed. 1867). He took it down from an old man in Glen Forsa, Isle of Mull, about the year 1800:—

New Year's Day Custom, Sussex.—The Sussex Daily News of Jan. 5th, 1883, states that on New Year's Day the old custom of "the Bushel" was observed at the Red Lion Inn, Old Shoreham, Sussex. "The manner is to decorate a vessel holding a bushel, with flowers, green paper, &c., and fill it with beer, from which any comers may drink free. The vessel was twice filled, first by the brewers, Vallance, Catt, and Co., and next by some of the company. A large number was present,