Catalogue of Bi'and Material.
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Riding the Lord (man led round town on donkey and pelted with rotten eggs) - - - -
Riding Jack o' Lent(effigy mounted on loose horse and finally hung or burnt) -----
Hare-pie and Bottle-kicking. (Par- son provides out of legacy, hare- pie and beer to be scrambled for, followed by football — Melbourne V. Hallaton — with dummy bottle as ball) -----
Hare presented to parson, who re- turns a calf's head, 100 eggs and a groat -----
Hare-hunt (mock) attended by Mayor and Brethren, in scarlet gowns. Fair - - - -
Annual Stag-hunt in Epping Forest
Widows pernaitted to take load of wood froin Hainault Forest
Games reported to be held on moor by permission of Lord of the Manor -----
Special games annually played (by girls) in Park - - - -
" Ball-racing " on " Ball-Monday " (women's ?) foot races in Park. Small cakes (" suck-balls ") sold
Mayor and Burgesses, in scarlet, preceded by Waits, attended sports, got up for the Woodward at Robin Hood's Well
Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriff, pre- sided at games at the " Forth " (ancient local recreation ground), 1725 -----
Archery competition between Sheriffs for breakfast of calves' heads and bacon - . -
Archery competition among Gram- mar-School boys for (i) silver buckles, (2) a cock . - -
" Thread the Needle " played in the streets - - - .
LOCALITY.
Cheshire (Neston). Surrey (Haslemere).
Leicester (Hallaton). Warw. (Coleshill).
Leicester. Essex.
Barking and Dagenham.
Lanes. (Kirby).
Glos. (Mincliinhampton).
Oxon. (Hook Norton).
Nottingham.
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Chester.
Manchester.
Evesham, Minchinhamp- ton.
