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British Popular Customs, Present and Past

May 25.] THE SHREWSBURY SHOW.

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May 25.]

THE SHREWSBURY SHOW.

In the Book of Days (vol. i. pp. 704-708) will be found an interesting and amusing account of the Shrewsbury Show, which appears, from the records of the reign of Henry VI., to have been held time out of mind on the second Monday after Trinity Sunday.

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