The Huron Expositor, 1949-12-09, Page 7Strange superstitions, relies of
the remote days when Br itain'W
people were 'pagans, still; .linger in
teeny pasts of the country and are
remembered) at Christmas 'time.
'Here are some of them:
Devil's Knell
iFos the last 700 years, for in-
stance,
nstance, a bell, known locally as• the
"Devil's Knell," has tolled, on
Christmas Eve in the village Of'
'Ae;ws'bury, 'Yorkshire; in the nOrtlli
of England. Local lege7d' says
that the el/Storni was begun 43Y+ •a
baron, Who gave the bell to the
parlsh ohurch as a penance for
killing his servant, and ordered
that it .should, be, rung every Christ-
mas Eve tui remind ihim. of his
crime. By tolling the bell once for
every year since the birth of ,Christ
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centurfee ago by their patron saint,
S. FiF1 an, to cure ague, sprains,
and other ailments and injuries.
Boars Head Feast-
. Qneen'•s College, Oxford Univers-
ity, 'has a Roar's Head Feast on
Christmas Day, which originated in
the story of a student who was at-
tacked by a wild' boar some 500
years ago, while studying Aristotle
during a walk, He killed his form-
idable adversary by thrusting the
volume down the 'animal's throat,
Today a papier mache head replac-
es the 90 -pound specimen under
the weight of which two attendAijts
used to stagger in bygone days,
but thespirit of the ceremony re-
mains unchanged. As the choir
sings the -last notes of a tradition-
al carol, the head is placed on the
table of the Provost, the. Principal
of the College. The Provost then
presents the ornaments and embel-
lishments one by one to the choir.
boys and visitors, the solo singer
receiving the orange.
"Charming the Orchards".
Old Christmas Day, or Twelfth
Night, ihas its own celebrations. In
Devonshire in the 'South of Eng-
land, famous for its' apple -cider,
the custom of "Charming the Orch-
ards" was handed down until al-
most within living memory Local
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that evening at an advanced
French hospital both legs were
amputated. Two days later James
Patrick 'Malcolm was born — two
months too soon and at the 1:ost
)f his mother's life.
By • 1919 John Malcolm and his
one -year-old son were able to take
up life together at •the family
home. John's assets included the
greater part of the fortune left
'iim by his father eight years be -
.ore; an estate sadly deteriorated
a result of five years of enfore-
d neglect and an indomitable de-
termination to restore the stan-
dards laid down and maintained by
his father. His personal move-
ments were limitedto the
range
of the electric chair in wh'ch 'no
spent The greater part of his ws-c-
ing ihours.
'In spite of scarcity o: mat2ria'
and keen competition for the ava:r
able labor, John succeeded in -re
conditioning the whole of his cot
tags property, and completed the
essential maintenance of his own
house. Five out of the original 10
members of the outside staff had
been killed in the war, and John
considered it to be his duty to
continue to pay their wages to
their dependents. As the work on
the estate had to go on, he was
faced with the additional burden
• of the much -increased wages of
their successors.
John found that a budget which
had been sufficient to leave his
father a substantial margin did
not suffice to meet more than
half the liabilities which he had
to face. The deficit had to be mat
out or capital. In spite of these
handicaps, by 1930 the edtate hau
been transformed to its pre-war
prosperity. At a time when well-
maintained properties were the ex-
ception, John received a number
of offers to buy him out. As, how-
ever, he made a condition that tic
purchaser should guarantee 1i:'o
tenure of their cottages to the lire
sent tenants and in addition, ma•n•
lain his full list of pensioners and
standard of wages, no sale mater-
ii.lized.
In an endeavor to minimize the
burden of income tax, in Marb11,
1939, John converted the whole
property and the majority of 01-
remaining assets into a limite 1
company, with himself as life chair-
man, and bis son, who attained the
age of 21 at that time, as sole
shareholder. - In making this av-
rangement, which was tantamount
to a gift of this possessions to nis
son; John hoped to avoid the inci-
dence of duties at his own death,
and thus enable James Patrick to
continue the estate for at least a
few more years.
Eighteen months later, in Sep -
farmers and their men went to
their orchards after dark pn
Twelfth Night, carrying guns and
a great jar of cider, with a large
piece of toast or cake floating in
it. - No gun was.considered to be
too old, if it was able to hold the
priming, and the more noise it
made the better. When the party
had reached one of the idrgest ap-
ple trees, the farrier addressed it
while the guns were discharged.
The c'.cic, „a:; t`.ee 1:1'1e1 round
and the y:,-) of cake e:tcn. but cal,
was tel;^n to see th•it a good-sized
piece was lett in a fork of the tree
tor the roiiin;s, for if this was left
undone the charm would have no
effect, Finally- the men returned to
the farmhouse to drink more cider
and to tell tales round the fire un-
til morning. Like many old super-
stitions. this custom was founded
'on a practical belief: the shot was
supposed to tear the bark off the
tree and to Quicken the fruiting in
a similar manner to the action of
beating a walnut tree.
"Holly Night"
In Westmoreland, in the north
of England, Old, •Christmas Night
is known -as "Holly Night," or
"Honing," froth an annual proces-
sion which took place in the town
of Brough, Here an ash or holly
tree, lighted at the tops of the
branches to which combustible ma-
terial had been tied, was carried in
procession through the streets.
About eight o'clock in the evening
the torches were lighted and, ac-
companied by the town band, the
tree was carried in stately proces-
sion around the town. Rockets and
squibs were discharged and, many
of the people also carried torches
and lighted branches.
Carolling Children
The "milly-box," lined with sugar
and oranges and containing two
small figures, which is still occa-
sionally carried by Yorkshire chil-
dren when they go carol singing
from house to house -on Christmas
Eve, is a relic of the ancient cus-
tom, common in the northern coun-
ties of England until the close of
the last century, of ,,carrying fig-
ures of Our Lady and the Holy
Child in procession with the carol
singers. The word "miliy" ib a
corruption of "My Lady." In Cleve-
land, Yorkshire, the same box is
called "bessel-cup" and the children
who carry' it say that they are go-
ing "a-wassailling"—an invitation
to give them a blessing and a love,.
Holy Night Weather
Country people /in Britain still
watch the sky •on Christmas Eve
a.nd Christmas Day for signs of a
change in the weather, for there is
an ancient belief that the weather
at this time is a strong portend for
that to come throughout the year.
"Wise and cunning masters of as-
strology," we are told, "have found
that a man may see and mark for
the weather for Holy Night bow
the whole year after shall be."
When Christmas night was clear
and starry, it was taken that the
year's crop of fruit and wine would
be a plentiful one. On the other
hand, if Christmas night was foul
and' windy, the year to come would
be "very scant of wine ,and fruit."
But if the wind arose at the ris-
ing of the sun then "it ,betokeneth
gr -eat dearth of cattle and beasts
this year." And if the wind arose
-at sunset "It signifies death to
some among the kings and great
lords."
The Christmas Cracker
As in Canada, no Christmas par-
ty in Britain is complete without
a box of "crackers," Christmass
crackers were first made in Bri-
tain about 70 years ago. It was a
confectioner and maker of orna-
ments for wedding cakes with the
typical English name of Tom Sttiith
who brought back from a holidlay
on the Continent the idea which
evolved into the cracker. He saw
that a French confectioner made
his ,sweetmeats more attractive by
wrapping them in tissue paper. A
few weeks before Christmas he set
his assistants wrapping sugared
almonds in this w•ay, The cracker
came a little . nearer when he
thought of making the package
more entertaining by placing .a
loving niessage iiisid6.
i ember, 1940, the Hurriean piloted
by Flight Lieutenant J. P. Mal-
c„ln: was shot down in flames ov-
e:• the Sussex Downs when engag-
ed 'n the fourth sortie of the day.
By the time death duties were
paid and John Malcolm found him-
repossess0 of his father's es -
ate, his total assets amounted to
£15,009. He realized ,that ?t •was
no longer possible to carry on. His
offer for sale was immediately tr:
trated by a, requisitioning order.
lodged, ironically enough, by a
i!• li the Commissioners od
Inland Revenue, who had been
bombed out of their London office
John made his final gesture
Ile moved into one of his own c.,t-
tages which, happened to fall vac
ant. To each of his tenants he pre-
sented the title deeds of their cot-
tage and the freehold of a plot of
land sufficient to provide a living
to an energetic smallholder. •
Thus freed of his responsibili-
ties, he devoted thewhole of his
time to welfare work in associa-
tion with the S.S.A.F.A. In 1914
l.e died. In his will, which was
proved at £4.000, he lett the whole
of his residual estate to a Service
Benevolent Fund.
The last trace of the M•alcoim
estate disappeared exactly fifty
years after James Malcolm return-
ed from India with his substantial
fortune.
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