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:--When Wigs were Worn--Powdering the Hair--Men Wearing Muffs--Concerning Corporation Customs--Bribes for the Palate--Rebel Heads on City Gates--Burial at Cross Roads--Detaining the Dead for Debt--A Nobleman's Household in Tudor Times--Bread and Baking in Bygone Days--Arise, Mistress, Arise!--The Turnspit--A Gossip about the Goose--Bells as Time-Tellers--The Age of Snuffing--State Lotteries--Bear-Baiting--Morris Dancers--The Folk-Lore of Midsummer Eve--Harvest Home--Curious Charities--An Old-Time Chronicler.
A carefully prepared Index enables the reader to refer to the varied and interesting contents of the book.
The Bygone Series.
In this series the following volumes are included, and issued at 7s. 6d. each. Demy 8vo., cloth gilt.
These books have been favourably reviewed in the leading critical journals of England and America.
Carefully written articles by recognised authorities are included on history, castles, abbeys, biography, romantic episodes, legendary lore, traditional stories, curious customs, folk-lore, etc., etc.
The works are illustrated by eminent artists, and by the reproduction of quaint pictures of the olden time.
BYGONE BERKSHIRE, edited by Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A.
BYGONE CHESHIRE, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE DEVONSHIRE, by the Rev. Hilderic Friend.
BYGONE DURHAM, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE GLOUCESTERSHIRE, edited by William Andrews.
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