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Catalogue of Brand Material.
LOCALITY.
Squirrel-hunting - . - Norfolk and Suffolk.
Bull-baiting - - - - Suffolk. Butcher provided bull to be
killed by undergraduates Oxford. " Cabsow " or " shin-up " (a
kind of hockey) - - - Lines. (Grimsby, Clee-
thorpes). Quintain (medieval athletic sport).
Indoor Games.
" Bite-apple " or " souse- apple " (see November)
Snap-dragon
Card-playing
Apprentices allowed to play
cards at Christmas, 1446 -
Children's gambling game with
pins - - - -
Blindman's Buff, turn-the-tren-
cher, hunt the slipper, puss-
in-the-corner, hot cockles,
hide-and-seek (in various
forms), Bobby Bingo,
oranges and lemons, Buff,
forfeits, memory games, etc.,
commonly played. Christmas Tree introduced Christmas Cards introduced Christmas Pieces (children's speci- mens of caligraphy, disused) Christmas Pantomimes intro- duced -----
Lanes., Staffs., Salop.
General.
Universal.
Walsall.
Cornwall.
Circa 1789. 1850-60.
Circa 1830.
1702, ut dicit.
III. Local Observances.
(a) Bell-ringing Customs. Christmas Eve.
Two bells rung, 4 p.m. " Cheese-and-bread bell," 7 p.m. - - - -
Peal rung, 8 p.m. " The Devil's Knell" (passing bell) midnight -
Wolverhampton.
Hexham Priory. Yorkshire (general).
Yorkshire (Horsbury,
Dewsbury).
