Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine Library, Vol. 1: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine From 1731 to 1868; Manners and Customs
Women Taking their Rights before Childbirth Birth of a Grand-child Penance for Bastard Children Lord of Misrule Master of the Revels Holly Boy and Ivy Girl The Morris Dance in Wales Corpus Christi Gild The Burlesque Festivals of Former Ages London Pageants On the Holiday Times of Old Stage Plays in Churches Drinking Bumpers Feasting upon Live Flesh Hunting Customs Custom of Barring-out Highland Custom Taking Oaths Crossing the Equator lamb's-wool and other Customs Drinkings at church-stiles Pins Found in Coffins.
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