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Shrovetide Customs in the Fylde 221
Lent.--Ash-Wednesday 221
Mid-Lent Sunday, or "Mothering Sunday" 222
Simnel Cakes 223
To Dianeme 223
Bury 224
Bragot-Sunday 225
f.a.g-pie Sunday 226
Good Friday 226
Easter 227
Pasche, Pace, or Easter Eggs 228
Pace Egging in Blackburn 228
Pace or Peace Egging in East Lancas.h.i.+re 231
Easter Sports at the Manchester Free Grammar School 231
"Lifting," or "Heaving" at Easter 233
Easter Game of the Ring 234
Playing "Old Ball" 234
Acting with "Ball" 235
Easter Customs in the Fylde 236
May-day Customs 238
May Songs 239
May-day Eve 239
May-day Custom 240
Pendleton and Pendlebury May-pole and Games 240
May Custom in Spotland 242
May-day Customs in the Fylde 242
The May-pole of Lostock 243
Robin Hood and May-games at Burnley, in 1579 244
May-day in Manchester 245
Queen of the May, &c. 246
Whitsuntide 246
Whit-Tuesday.--King and Queen at Downham 248
Rogations or Gang Days 248
Oatmeal Charity at Ince 249
Names for Moons in Autumn 250
"Goose-Intentos" 250
All Souls'-day 251
Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes 251
Christmas 252
Creatures Wors.h.i.+pping on Christmas Eve 253
Christmas Mumming 253
The Hobby Horse, or Old Ball 254
Christmas Customs in the Fylde 254
Celebration of Christmas at Wycoller Hall 256
Carols, &c. 257
EATING AND DRINKING CUSTOMS.
Various 258
The Havercake Lads 258
Wooden Shoes and Oaten Bread or Jannocks 259
Pork Pasties 260
