Note 38 — April 25.] ST. MARK’S DAY.
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It appears by a traditionary account that at one time they were met by women dressed up with ribbons, bells, and garlands of gumflowers, who welcomed them with dancing and singing; they were called timber-waits, probably a corruption of timbrel-waits, players on timbrels, waits being an old appellation for those who play on musical instruments in the street.