Catalogue of Brand Matei'ial.
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demanding pancakes, run- away knocks and rings
" Lent-crocking " ; begging, with rhyme, for any gift -
Throwing Lent-sherds against doors, with rhyme de- manding pancakes next day - - - -
Throwing crockery into houses after dark
Crockery thrown on both days, especially if pan- cakes not forthcoming
" Drowin' o' Cloam : ^
(i) Thrown into the house, the thrower departs secretly - - -
(2) Throwers say rhyme and decamp. Residents follow to catch them, black their faces, and give pancakes ^ -
(3) Stones thrown at doors
in. Local observance.
Hurling matches between two parishes (obsolete) Between Toms, Wills, Johns, and all others, played on sands Between townsmen and coun- trymen - - - -
Between married and unmarried
LOCALITY.
Devon (remote villages in).
Devon (Bridestowe).
Devon (South Molton) . Devon (Northam).
Devon (Bai-nstaple, Bide- ford, Bramber, Ash- ford, Buckland Bre- wer, etc.).
Hill district of West Somerset ( Withypool) .
Somerset (Hawkridge). Somerset (Wellington) .
Cornwall.
Cornwall (St. Ives).
Cornwall (St. Colomb).
(Oy. date.) Cornwall (Truro).
SOUTH WALES.
Mrs. Trevelyan states tljat children call at houses and sing the Lent-crocking rhyme (which she quotes) in Welsh. (Folk-Lore and Folk-stories of Wales, p. 246.)
1 Cloam is crockery. In the Vale district these are called Lent-crocks. - Illustration of this as a game 1823. Qy. Shrove Tuesday ?
