Preface.
Reading edition
This volume of new studies on old-time themes, chiefly concerning the social and domestic life of England, is sent forth with a hope that it may prove entertaining and instructive. It is a companion work to “Bygone England,” which the critical press and reading public received with a warm welcome on its publication, and thus encouraged me to prepare this and other volumes dealing with the highways and byways of history.
William Andrews.
The Hull Press, February 14th, 1897.
Contents.
PAGE
When Wigs were Worn 1
Powdering the Hair 28
Men Wearing Muffs 40
Concerning Corporation Customs 48
Bribes for the Palate 63
Rebel Heads on City Gates 74
Burial at Cross Roads 105
Detaining the Dead for Debt 115
A Nobleman’s Household in Tudor Times 122
Bread and Baking in Bygone Days 134
Arise, Mistress, Arise! 142
The Turnspit 144
A Gossip about the Goose 150
Bells as Time-Tellers 156
The Age of Snuffing 168
State Lotteries 186
Bear-Baiting 205
Morris Dancers 222
The Folk-Lore of Midsummer Eve 234
Harvest Home 244
Curious Charities 255
An Old-Time Chronicler 266
Index 275
England in the Days of Old.