Rush-bearing: An Account of the Old Custom of Strewing Rushes; Carrying Rushes to Church; the Rush-cart; Garlands in Churches; Morris-dancers; the Wakes; the RushBrook & Chrystal, 1891 - 189 páginas |
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Rush-bearing: An Account of the Old Custom of Strewing Rushes; Carrying ... Alfred Burton Vista de fragmentos - 1974 |
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Accounts adorned ancient August band banner bear-baiting bearing bells bull-baiting bundles called carried ceremony chamber chapel Cheadle Hulme Cheshire Chester Churchwardens churchyard colours custom of strewing dancers daunce decorated dedication Didsbury dressed Droylsden Eccles England feast feet festival flag flowers fool formerly front garlands Gorton Grasmere green rushes Hall hath Henry Herefordshire hobby-horse honour horses House inches James John Juncus Kemp King Lady Lancashire London Lord Maid Marian Manchester maypole Monday Morisco morris-dance morris-dancers neighbouring ornamented Padiham pageant Paid parish pipe pipe and tabor piper plate play procession Queen ribbons Road Rochdale ropes round rush-bearing rush-cart rush-light rush-ring Saddleworth Saint says Shakspeare Stockport straw Street strew the church strewed with rushes strewing rushes strewing the floors Sunday tabor tinsel town twelve UPPERMILL UPPERMILL RUSHCART village wakes whilst William Wilmslow young
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Página 3 - Hay,* through which the Queen commonly passes in her way to Chapel : At the Door stood a Gentleman dressed in Velvet, with a Gold Chain, whose Office was to introduce to the Queen any Person of Distinction, that came to wait on her : It was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest Attendance of Nobility.
Página 118 - I find also, that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings, and did fetch in maypoles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers, morris dancers, and other devices, for pastime all the day long; and toward the evening they had stage plays, and bonfires in the streets.
Página 125 - The garments of the morris-dancers, as we observed before, were adorned with bells, which were not placed there merely for the sake of ornament, but were to be sounded as they danced. These bells were of unequal sizes, and differently denominated, as the fore bell, the second bell, the treble, the tenor or great bell, and mention is also made of double belta.
Página 134 - ... pound, he would not hold out with me; for indeed my pace in dauncing is not ordinary. As he and I were parting, a lusty Country lasse being among the people, cal'd him faint hearted lout: saying, if I had begun to daunce, I would haue held out one myle though it had cost my life.
Página 35 - Our fathers to the house of God, As yet a building rude, Bore offerings from the flowery sod, And fragrant rushes strewed.
Página 36 - In the procession I observed the " Opium Eater," Mr. Barber, an opulent gentleman residing in the neighbourhood, Mr. and Mrs. Wordsworth, Miss Wordsworth, and Miss Dora Wordsworth. Wordsworth is the chief supporter of these rustic ceremonies. The procession over, the party adjourned to the ball-room, a hayloft, at my worthy friend, Mr. Bell's, where the country lads and lasses tripped it merrily and heavily. They called the amusement...
Página 153 - ... shall look to it, both that all disorders there may be prevented or punished, and that all neighbourhood and freedom, with manlike and lawful exercises be used...
Página 8 - As to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then, that the lower part remains sometimes for twenty years together, and in it a collection of spittle, vomit, urine of dogs and men, beer, scraps of fish, and other filthiness not to be named. Ilence, upon change of weather, a vapour is exhaled, very pernicious, in my opinion, to the human body.
Página 31 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove ; Huge trunks!
Página 97 - Variety, 1649," in which the Spanish morisco is mentioned : and this, Mr. Douce adds, not only shows the legitimacy of the term morris, but that the real and uncorrupted Moorish dance was to be found in Spain, where it still continues to delight both natives and foreigners under the name of the Fandango.