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Catalogue of Brand Material.
(/) Amusements.
(i) Mischievous Pranks, Oct. 31st.
Gates opened, door-latches tied to neighbours' doors, posts white-washed, etc.
Nutshells thrown at win- dows, broken glass strewed below
" Skip-skop night." Boys strike doors with stones in slings, throw in winkle- shells, ask for money
Nuts cracked in church, Sunday following -
West Riding (Kirkstall, Honlev).
Durham (Gainford).
Cornwall (Padstow).
Kingston-on-Thames.
(ii) Indoor Diversions, Oct. 31st.
Burning and cracking nuts
Catching apples with the teeth (i) in a tub of water, (2) tied to a rod swinging from the ceil- ing, with a candle at the other end
Called Snap-apple - Snatch-apple ,, Hanch-apple -
Bob-apple (in water)
A large apple, called Allan Apple, given to every child - - - -
(iii) Out-door games, Nov. ist. " Guisarding " begins " Kailles " or " keels "
(ninepins) " Kook " (quoits) Wrestling
{g) Rites of Divination {Oct. 31).
Augury from marked stones placed under bonfire, after- wards thrown on cairn
General.
General. Durham. Lanes.
Lanes., Cumb. Cumb.
Cornwall.
Northumb. (^^'ooler).
Cornwall (St. Just). Following Monday.^
Lanes. (The Fylde).
iThe Sunday following Noveniber ist is St. Just Feast. Young people in service come home for holidays, Friday to Tuesday. A fair is held on the Monday.
