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" In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely... "
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ... - Page 192
by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1896
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Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology ..., Volume 2

Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1825 - 508 pages
...alms. Aubrey thus describes a Whitson Ale. " In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...alms. Aubrey thus describes a Whitson Ale. " In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...alms. Aubrey thus describes a Whitson Ale. " In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, See. the ancients sitting gravely by,...
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The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby

Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...by alms. Aubrey thus describes a Whitsun Ale. " In every parish was a churchhouse, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular ...

William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...alms. Aubrey thus describes a Whitson Ale. " In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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An historical and descriptive account of the collegiate church of Wolverhampton

George Oliver - 1836 - 226 pages
...secular uses. Aubrey says, " in every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crockes, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients gravely sitting by and...
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The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...'"*• for making the angel (tkurificanti») г">-1пг, and ii*. ii*. for cords of it — all on longed spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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The Rural Life of England, Volume 2

William Howitt - 1838 - 414 pages
...rendered innocent by alms. " In every parish," says Aubrey, " was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the house-keepers met. The young people were there too; and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, etc., the ancients sitting gravely by,...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...thus describes a Whitson Ale. " In every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crock*, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by, and...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 512 pages
...description of a Whitsun-ale is, that " in every parish was a church-house, to which belonged spits, crooks, and other utensils for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. the ancients sitting gravely by and...
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