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Loading... The Customs and Ceremonies of Britain: An Encyclopaedia of Living Traditions (1986)46 | None | 556,335 | None | None | "What must the Tichborne family do every year to avoid invoking Lady Mabella's curse? Where do men run through the streets with blazing barrels of tar on their heads? How was the old man of Braughing's life saved by some dead leaves? When is the luckiest time of year for a wedding? Who is "the Burry Man"? Throughout the British Isles, hundreds of fascinating customs and ceremonies -- many of them centuries old -- continue to be observed. Charles Kightly ... unfolds a broad and colourful tapestry of those that survive to this day -- folklore and calendar customs, royal ceremonies, remnants of life in the Middle Ages and of vanished farming ways ; the proud observances of ancient towns and the less ordered merry making of the countryside ; the festivals of the Church and the relics of deep rooted pagan beliefs ; sporting traditions ; commemorations of loved, hated or merely eccentric people ; or celebrations of deliverance from plagues and perils past. Some have found national (and international) fame -- changing the guard at Buckingham Palace, Burns night, the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, Royal Ascot. Others are mysterious customs perpetuated in the remoter corners of Britain -- Turning the devil's stone, "Burning Bartle", theMari Lwyd of South Wales and Lanark's "Whuppity Stourie" ... Charles Kightly relates the myths but also examines the known historical facts and suggests convincing explanations. Arranged alphabetically by custom, his book gives the dates, times and locations of the ceremonies, and an extensive regional index of place names also pinpoints the events in a particular area ..." -- Inside front cover.… (more) |
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To Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish, The Shropshire Bedlams and The York Gentlemen | |
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Where the custom or festival described (e.g. Ash Wednesday; Abbots Bromley Horn Dance) warrants a separate entry, it appears under its own name: but many customs appear in groups, under a group title (e.g. Beating the Bounds).
How to use this book. The Western city dweller is perhaps the least customary human creature that ever existed. But even he eats pancakes on SHROVE TUESDAY, eggs (if only chocolate eggs) at EASTER, and specially luxurious at CHRISTMAS: and while this introduction was being written a national greetings-card manufacturer, reporting an upsurge in the sales of his wares, claimed to have identified a growing demand for 'more festivals to celebrate'.
Introduction. A Abbots Bromley Horn Dance Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire: Monday after the Sunday following 4 September It is fitting that this book should open with the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley; which is not only a custom unique in Europe but also possibly the oldest surviving ceremony in Britain. | |
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In Somerset and Devon, indeed, an 'Ashen Faggot' - a bundle of green ash sticks - is preferred to a log: this is tied with a large number of twisted-bark 'binders', and as each burns through and bursts the company is traditionally entitled to a round of drinks. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions "What must the Tichborne family do every year to avoid invoking Lady Mabella's curse? Where do men run through the streets with blazing barrels of tar on their heads? How was the old man of Braughing's life saved by some dead leaves? When is the luckiest time of year for a wedding? Who is "the Burry Man"? Throughout the British Isles, hundreds of fascinating customs and ceremonies -- many of them centuries old -- continue to be observed. Charles Kightly ... unfolds a broad and colourful tapestry of those that survive to this day -- folklore and calendar customs, royal ceremonies, remnants of life in the Middle Ages and of vanished farming ways ; the proud observances of ancient towns and the less ordered merry making of the countryside ; the festivals of the Church and the relics of deep rooted pagan beliefs ; sporting traditions ; commemorations of loved, hated or merely eccentric people ; or celebrations of deliverance from plagues and perils past. Some have found national (and international) fame -- changing the guard at Buckingham Palace, Burns night, the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, Royal Ascot. Others are mysterious customs perpetuated in the remoter corners of Britain -- Turning the devil's stone, "Burning Bartle", theMari Lwyd of South Wales and Lanark's "Whuppity Stourie" ... Charles Kightly relates the myths but also examines the known historical facts and suggests convincing explanations. Arranged alphabetically by custom, his book gives the dates, times and locations of the ceremonies, and an extensive regional index of place names also pinpoints the events in a particular area ..." -- Inside front cover. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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