Cata/oQue of Brand Material.
429
lighted ; and candles must burn themselves out - - . -
Unlucky to snuff Yule candle, move candle- stick, or leave table till candles burnt out Piece of Yule candle saved for luck - - .
Candle left burning all night, otherwise a death in house - - - -
Candle left burning in lead- mine for " owd mon " -
Lighted candles fixed in clay in last " corf " or basket of coal sent up from the pit before the hohdays -
Lighted candles fixed in clay on circular plat- form, a large one in centre, carried about by colher lads -
Children dance round painted lighted candles in box or basket of sand ; girls and boys separately
Church towers lighted up
Two candelabra lighted in afternoons - - -
Cathedral a blaze of light, Sunday before Christmas
(/) First Foot on Christmas Morning. First Foot observed on
LOCALITY.
Swaledale.
Northumbd., Yorks. Whitby.
Derby sh. ? Castleton (Derbysh.).
Northumberland.
Salop (Oswestry).
Cornwall (Penrith). Cornwall (Zennor, etc.).
JManchester Cathedral.
Ripon Cathedral.
Christmas Day as well as New Year's Day
Called "Lucky Bird "
Woman unlucky first foot -
If woman leaves house on
Christmas Eve must
Yorks., Lanes., Derbysh.,
Herefordshire. Yorkshire, (Swaledale,
Aislaby, Pickering). General.
return before midnight - South Yorksh.
