A familiar analysis of the calendar of the Church of England, and perpetual guide to the almanac ... illustrated with ... anecdotes, and ... sketches of the origin of popular customs / [Hugh F. Martyndale].

  • Martyndale, Hugh F.
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[1830]
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Credit: A familiar analysis of the calendar of the Church of England, and perpetual guide to the almanac ... illustrated with ... anecdotes, and ... sketches of the origin of popular customs / [Hugh F. Martyndale]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as new-year’s gifts, may be cited as the origin of the term pin-money, which was formerly so frequent in marriage settlements, and which, though now disused in legal instruments, is still employed colloquially, as signifying a stipulated sum appropriated to the exclusive use of the wife. lEptpfiang. (January 6th, or Twelfth Day.) “ Now, now, the mirth comes. With the cake full of plums, Where beane's the king of the sport here; Besides, we must know That the pea also Must revel as queen of the court here/' Herrick's Hesperides. Q. By reference to an almanac, you will find that the next festival observed by the re- VIII., and the labour and time which the manufacture of them would require, that they were then a new invention in this country, and probably but lately brought from France. However, in about three years’ time, the present ingenious and expeditious manner of making them was adopted. One of the articles of the statutes of the ancient pin-makers of Paris was, that no master should open more than one shop for the sale of his wares, except on new-year’s day, and the eve thereof.