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Old Customs Mark English - Christmas
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The Devil's Knell
Seven hundred dears ago iu the
I ugllsh WWII of Dewsbury, iu York-
shire, a troy was murdered and his
body thrown to a nearby stream.
16950 The crime was diaouveretl and the
1J murderer, rich luau named
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14.95'1'da' Suuthill, presented as a
penance .a tenor bell to Dewsbury:
t'.hllrch. The bell became known
as the Devil's Knell and every
Christmas it is tolled once for
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(wtith $6.04 worth of records free) The First Christuu►s Crackers
When coufectiouer Tout Smith
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39.95 69.95 plied the idea to his sugared al-
b Tine moods and, linter, included "loving
umessages" in each package. `thus
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The . "1 (illy -Box..
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Carolling Yorkshire children still
AC-DC—Battery' sugar and oranges and containing
A two small figures. !Phis custom
MOTOROLA T.\'. 17" 299.50 UP 1 dates back to ancient times when
figures of Our Lady and the Holy
Child were carried in procession by
carol-siui;ers in the NorthernCourt-
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�O Lamb's Wool in the Wassail Bowl
Many models and makes to choose from plus a A served in "wassail bowls" are still
Seventeenth century concoctions
number of like -new second-hand radios at bargain prices, ii ii tieingg ,used in Britain. One old-
�tiu,e recipe (favorite- Of pre-ratiou
gdays) for "lamb's wool" calls for a
A mixture of ale, roasted apples,
4" • sugar and spice, eggs, thick cream,
S 1 and pieces of bread.
HBoar's Head Feast
���, Some 5(10 years ago, so the story
son goys rtn Oxford IJativersiky student
studying. Aristotle while taking
da a walk, vv hen - he was attacked by
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e ois I the brute by thrusting the volume
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down its throat. ills feat is co•
°7`1"1'``"fT tneuivratcd annually at Queen's
College by the Boar's head Feast
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CANDLE LEGEND FOR CHRIST-
MAS IRISH ORIGIN
It .would be atouishiug, indeed,'
tt no candles appeared iu - homes
throughout thP-stution ou Christmas
Eve. The legend which • surrouuds
the custom is believed to have
started in Ireland.
There on Christmas Pave a large
candle was burned which could bel
snuffed out only by ore named
Mary. As the Irish put it: "Who;
knows, on some Christmas F ve,1
Jesus and Mary aud Joseph may
come again, not' to Palestine, but
to the -1101y Isle on the farthest
edge 'of ' Europe?"
Their first use for Christmas is
notrecorded in the anpalx of any
nation, but that the "Christ Child
Candle," burned in the window of
Christmas Eve is, according to an
old legend, placed there to light
His way if He makes an earthly
visitation and in atonetueut for the
night of His birth when there was
no room for Him. i
Also among the legends is one!
about bayberry candles burned ou
Christmas.
During the early history of oar t
country, animal fats were relatively
scarce. The branches of the bay-
berry shrub Mere covered with wax -
giving berries and children were
given the task of gathering -the
berries when candles` -ford to he;
!made so that the animal fats could
be unserved.
on Christmas Day. Although the of the tree and to quicken the fruit -
90 -pound apecijueu under whose lug to a similar manner to the
weight two attendants used to stag- English technique of beating ,tt
Walnut tree.
ger is today replaced by
cerea papier � Other Twelfth Night customs .iii-
wache model, the spirit of the elude:
mouy remains unchanged. As' . Cutting the Baddeley ,Cake -
The cpmediau Baddeley in 1795
the choir sings the last notes of 'left, by his Will, money to provide
a traditional carol, the head is cake and wine for the performers
Placed ou the lnble of the Provost, at Drury Lane Theatre, London.
the Principal of the College. The The cake is cut on the stage an-
nually with much ceremony.
an -
Provost then presents the omit The Macey hood
arcate and embellishments nue by :lfauy hundred years ago Lady
one to the choirboys and visitors, Mowbray, when riding to church
the solo singer receiving the orange.,at Maxey, deur Doncaster, had her
Legend of St. Fillixu's Stems , hood blown ofr,, in a gale of wind yf
At .Killion, Perthshire, Scotland, and twelve laborers rushed to cap -
the villagers poll rushes each
tore it. She was so delighted with According to tradition, one who'
se
Christmas from a nearby stream to their good manners that she gave burned a bayberry candle on Christ -t
make a resting place for a number at piece Of ground, now called "The teas Eve or Christmas Day would l
of stones token from rise gables' IJ,uodlands," to• provide a hood to have long life and a happy one.
of 'au ancient Guru will. They etre be •thrown up annually on Christ- An old verse reads: • V
ilOt erdiuury stones, for the villagers taus lay and to be fought for -at "To learn you luck for the year r PHONE 774 ►
believe that they were used ceu the place where her hood had been hey say, - WEST ST.
turies ago by their patron •saint, blown off. The game into which IBuru, a bayberry dip 00 Christmas
St. Pillion,
to cure ague, spruius, this developed is said to have been day. ` :
and other ailments and iujurtes• the origin of Rugby football. If the flame burns bright and -the f f
The Pace -Egg flay
Every 'year in scattered villages '- - j'� IM `�` ��j+ "�}'}' - -
in the Orth of l:uglund, shepherd, I pts
f.)rnt hands and ushers perfurnt s� pct
RURAL, MAIL BOXES
In one Ontario township, the
local Junior Farmers' organization
has repainted all the rural mail
boxes and ,re -lettered the names of
the owners. It's a campaign that
'We hope will spread, comments The
Financial Post.
' 'Phe entrances to many tine farm
homes and iinponing country estates
are spoiledand dilapid-
ated poileby dingy mail boxes. Theywould do ARTHRITIC PAI N
with some, sprucing up and also
with more uuiforvrity, especially pon't suffer night and day—with dull,
where several are gl'ouped together. wearisome aches --or sharp, stabbing
sins. Lead an active life again. Take
empleton's T -R -C's, Canada's largest -
Canadians spent $T.12 per person elling proprietary medicine specially
on mos -its; ill 1950. lade to bring longed -for relief to sufferers
from arthritic or rheumatic pain. 7.841
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White Christmas l
Silent Night
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"Twas the Night Before Christmas .. Fred Waring
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Play at Christmas. With blackened
faces and fancy clothes, they repeat
the words handed down for cen-
turies. Chief actors are King (or
Saint) heorge, a quack doctor and
rather Christmas. In the play,- the
King slays his enemies one by one,
but each in tarn is resurrected by
the doctor. One of the oldest of
the "mnumuming" troupes is that at j
Alderley Edge, bordering 00 (:he-
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the "Captain's Rounds"
The Royu1 Navy tries to• assure
that as many as possible of its PI.
ships are - in harbor on Christmas
Day. For the unlucky ones on
patrol or on passage, and there are
a good many this year in Korea
and elsewhere in, the Par East,
the best that can ,be expected - is
.' Sunday routine," with work re-�
(laced to a minimum. Festivitieshave to wait till harbor is reached.
For the Navy in harbor, the big
event of the day is "Captain's'
hounds," when the Conttuandiug
Officer of each ship, attended by
his officers, goes the round of the ass
whole strip, greeting .itis Melt and
being offered hospitality by, thelia
on each of the gaily decorated mess
decrks. the is preceded by the
yotltige'st:-lily " in the ship, dressed
in the uniform of the ship's senior br
petty officer, the Master at Arius
(or.Police Chief of the ship).. Men
are allowed to wear ituiscd-
funey dress on that day and may
:72' j even "impersonate" the captuils.
The oungest boy has Itis hour of
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.. - glory',.. ai;ain.._uu ,.Neve Yea '-s _ Esc,
1 when he ' rings out the 01(1 uud ,
_ -- • Irings•in the New," with 16 bells in -1 ;oily
• 1 stead of the traditional eight, which I
• •• !mark the end of a four-hour' pe!iod
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• i Christmas in the Hospitals
London's hospitals observe Christ-
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stockings ,tilled with gifts and the
wards are decorated with snow
scenes or figures out of pantomini,'s:
Father 'Christmas, laden with gifts,
visits each ward and each patient
also receives a gift from the ward
Sister. The doctors add to the
gaiety of the occasion by clowtti,ng
about the ,wttrdS' in -fancy dress.
Dinner. served at midday, in-
cludes the traditional turkey and
Christmas pudding. ` Carving . is
done by the senior surgeon.
In one of the big Londdon hos-
pitals every nurse is presented' with
'a Christmas posy of violets which
she wears pinned to her uniform.
Twelfth Night -.Customs
Old Christmas Day, or Twelfth
Night (January 6th), has its oven
celebrations. -In Devonshire in the
south of England, famous for its
apple -cider, the custom of "Charm-
ing the Orchards" has been handed
down. Local farmers and their
men go to thefr orchards after dark
on Twelfth Night, carrying gnus
and a great jar of cider, with a
large pieee of toast or cake floating
in it. No gun is considered to be
too old, if it. is able to hold the
priming, andd the more noise it
makes the better. When the party
reaettes one of the largest- apple
trees, the farmer addre,'r; 41 while
the guns fire discharged. The eider
is then handed round, and tate SOP
of cake (rater), care beina taken:
that a good-sized pie, is left in
•a fork of the tree for the robins,
!for if this is left undone time charm
lima no effect. Finally the rnen re -
1 turn to the f:(rmh(mw to drink liet
i more eider and to . tell tales round
11►e fire until morning. Take many
old superstitions, this (nlstont NV :N
founded on a practical belief : the
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