A Year of Festivals: A Guide to British Calendar Customs |
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A Year of Festivals: A Guide to British Calendar Customs Geoffrey Palmer,Noel Lloyd No preview available - 1972 |
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ancient annual apple August ball became bells Beltane Bonfire Bottle-kicking Boy Bishop cake called candles carols carried celebrated century ceremony charter Christian Christmas church City Colour commemorate Cornwall Court custom dancers December decorated Derbyshire dressed Dunmow Flitch Easter Monday elected England Eyam feast festival fire flowers Fool Furry Dance garland Gloucestershire Guildhall Hall harvest Helston Hobby-horse Hocktide Hood horns horse hundred July June King Lancashire London Lord Mayor March Maundy maypole medieval Michaelmas mistletoe Mop Fair Morris dancing mummers November 5th Nowadays Oak Apple Day October pagan Pancake parade parish penny performed play procession Queen race ribbons rites ritual Roman round Royal Rush-bearing saint Saturday nearest Scotland season Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide Football singing songs Sunday Swan sword dances takes Thursday Tichborne town traditional tree Trooping the Colour Tutti-men village Walk Wassailing wear Wednesday week Well-dressing Whit Monday Whit week Yorkshire