Catalogue of Brand Materia/. 8i
GUNPOWDER TREASON.
November 4TH.
ENGLAND.
I. Names. loc.\litv.
" Mischievous Night " (boys play
tricks) ----- West Riding (Kiikstali,
Normanton). " Ringing Night " (Ringers' Rules
not enforced) - - - - Cormvall (Polperro. etc.).
II. Observances.
Church beUs rung _ - - CornwaU, I)e\'on (East
Babbhng " (striking doors with
stones in leathern bags) - - Holderness (Ottering-
Budleigh to 1884).
olderness (Otterir ham, Keyingham).
" Flapping " (beating the cliurch
pews — and presently each other
— with pieces of leather attached
to string, while the bells rang) - Holderness (Ottcring-
ham, Ross, Skirlough). Children " holloa for biscuits " ;
scrambled for in churchyard ^ up
to 1S84 ----- East Budleigh. Annual Dinner of " Corporation of
St. Pancras," by which diners
became Free Burgesses - - Chichester.
GUNPOWDER TREASON.
November 5TH.
ENGLAND. I. Names. locality.
Guy Fawkes' Day - - - General.
Bonfire Night - - _ - Sussex.
Carnival Day - - - - Cornwall (North).
Gowayes Day - - - - Northumberland (Gates- head).
1 Date changed to November i, 1884. F
