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British Popular Customs, Present and Past

STIR UP SUNDAY.

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The 25th Sunday after Trinity is called by the schoolboys “Stir Up Sunday,” from the collect used on that day; and they repeat the following lines without considering their irreverent application:

“Stir up, we beseech thee, The pudding in the pot, And when we get home, We’ll eat it all hot.” Brand’s Pop. Antiq. 1859, vol. i. p. 414; See Times, November 25th, 1863.

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