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vol a Plou g h, - Sword. Dance, &c. Of tese; the Aponintings wore sometimes very splendid. This csis torn consisted in the changing of clothes between:seri and womeu,who,when dressed in each other's habits, Yr/vatam one neighbour's house to another, partaking of Christmas cheer, and making merry with thenrin their disguise; hitt, on particular occasions, varied, *and was formed into a soft of characteristic proces sion err drama. Stowe has preserved an account Of a remarkable mummery made in 1377 by the Citizens of London, " for the disport of the young Prince Rithard, son to Edward the Black Prince," who then resided at the Palace of Kensington. The dresses,&c. in This were particularly grand ; and the like, he in forms us, took place in'compliment to Henry IV. in the second year.of his reign,whilst residing at Eltham Palace; " when twelve A Mennen of London and their sonnes rode a mumming, and had great thanks."— Before this, in the year 1318, there was also a splendid ceremonial of this kind,when, according to Andrews, hi his Maori of Great Britain," eight tunics of buck ram,forcy-two visors, arid a great variety of other whimsical articles of dress, were provided for the dk. imisi rigs at Court, at t h &feast of Christmas. The Revel Vaster, called the Lord of Misrule,was a sort of officer appointed on OccaSion of some of the great Christ mas festivities, to keep order during the celebration of tilidliftgunt sports and pastimes Which took place. The Universities, and in. London the principal Inns of Court, were the mosterPensive in the preparations and pageantry attending;thirkind of mock solemnity, which the reader, if he has patience to read about such sort of fonlery, will find prblisly detailed in Dug dale's The custom. however, !was not confined to these places ; for Stowe tells us - 4 there was, at the feast of Christmas in the King's house, wheresoever he lodged, a Lord of inisrae t or master of merry disports, and the like had ye in the house of every Nobleman of honour and good wor ship, were he spiritual or temporal?' The Lot d Mstor :and the Sheriffs had their several Lords of Misrule, ever contending, without quarrel or offence, who should make the rarest pastime to delight the be holders. These Lords,•begitining their rule at All •hallowtide Eve, and vontinuing the same tillahe Mor- Voir after the Purification, commonly, called Candle mas-clay, in which space there.were generally fine and subtil disguisings, 'masks and Mummeries ; with. playing at cards for counters, nayles, and ',Mines, in every house. Mote,' he adds, " to the shame of modem tintes, ' for pastime than gaine." The n I me only of the Lord of Misrule is now iemembereds The Lords of Misrule were first peached against at Cambridge, by the Puritans, in the reign of James I. as an appointment ritil)ecoming the gravity of the University ; and in Scotland these personages, there called in dei i ion the " Abbot of Unreason," were thOught worthy to be suppressed 'by the Legislature as early as 1555. The foot and plough dance was a custom u.s:.:l about this time in the north of England, and still in part kept up. It consisted of a sort of c a g eant; in which were a number of sword dancers dragging a plough ; and one, sometimes two, in strange attire. What was called "the Bessig;" in the grotesque habit of an old woman, and the "fool," Wawa covered with skin; a hairy cap on,, and the tail of some ani mal hanging from his back, acted as a sort of cloths ; iind.One of therp . .seent about rattling a bar amcing the spectators of the dance, .in which he received their little dbnations. Just published, By T. HARVEY, 22, illackfriars Road, A POCKET MANUAL ;' being a few 'minutes' A I X Pt aviie frcirn the 1 1 t. BOARD; Cliarloitie'HOuse ; Grime Charlotte-Wei:l" Blaciifitartroad. The BOARD is cotnpoiiad Of Gentlemen of the first Talept, of long and extehslyt PrhOffie, - WlA'ale consulted isusuat daily by all ranks of Invalicia.wfiA the .g reatest confidence. , . . Patients afßictedori)h ace/lain Cildiplaint,lurictures Esr}tic p g ies, Eruptions df 4112 "Skin, 'Ulhcr.ued Throat, Planiular Swainr,s of the Neck, blndea oa the Shin- Bones; tcc. helot Di;eases which arise fropsimiroper Treatasest, are cured with out confinement: Mechanics hive Advice, every . Ev2niug, from Six airtight, and on Sunday 3lornings until Twelie•O'Clock. - N. 13. Ruptures of thirty Tears standing, And of twenty-four inches in circumferente, raditallylufed Withciut surgical opeta-, . tinn. . ,Otsse unrss..-__ ahproaching. _ ever green eta tkinuning.the portali ind partcloses of so fregurented a building; the usnai.lpird i k, to observe ii,aiquit,ie, cheerefully sounding, and . that which is the consfilement of his inferiiir comforts, hi, neigh bottis;Lishom he tenders as Members-Of his own fa ''iniliei loin him in his consort of mirth audnielody." Theicnstonis formerly observed at this' sea s on of. the year were numerous, and were several of then] kept uµ with a considerable degree of romantic parade aad i spleadoar. . .S. me ,of these are 'retained. at the present dig, and some Of them are disdsetl. We 441 ' I . o4'e:in-account Of ate 'priiibilial, Whfch may "lie-iotzt prited un:ler the Iteeds-4e,hriatriai'Cators ;- Cad:44- tion of Cbristmas.Evß; DeekiligoE Houses, Bce. with Eyemstensi Cluis s tunts Sports; the . Yule Dartigli; P 1 ?m ?u dings andotherClieer andChri Ma Acmes.' . ,•P . .!: : ...I V.:. 9 ....: :,..' l' _... S . , their'ol.Elßl4lo L;4lBo‘ l 4 — rtiiiitlclsTaylur observes, thin .Liforia'in. Ecere;to," at well-:knnwn . h*mn sir rig by the ilikels to 'the shkdieral; it' der Loan'S natt pity, wit the ancient thristmes:Carol.• The werdis iiiicl.to be derived fem. cap fare, .ti? sing, and rola, an intedectinp 9f joy, .§everalspecimens are preserved of th' early christMas - Carcils, but they. are chiefly inteiesting'fioni - the* age: 'Mk Dance has trans, lated one which - hits some pbetietd merit, most of the others in point, are little better.than the compo sitions sung about the streets in modern times. ',. Cants - mat. Eve.--Nezt in, ,the preparatory an .noune,erne.nt of the joyous season, to . ..the sort nficing 'Lust described, follo wedthe , ,i t •, ~. _,„ .. coebratMn of Christmas Eve, thus pleasingly deseribed by a modern poet : - . t 4 Thy welcome eve,-loy'd Christmas, new arrived, The parish hells their tuneful peal resound, And niirth*ind gladness every breast pervade: The ponderous ashen• faggot, from the yard, The jolly farmer to his crowded hall ' • - Conveys with speed ; whereon the rising flames ~ .:•,;(Already fed with mite of massy brace 4 • - lit btlazes spottr -...-..... . . thritimas-day, '. Niche primitive church, was al-, 'sviyi observed as thiSabbitrs-'clity; - and wis,likethat,, preceded by an eve, ter vigil. 'Bence our present cus tom of keeping .Christmas eve. .On the night . f this ev.e our ancestors were sot 'to light up. candles of an uncommon .size, called Cbristanal candles, and lay , a large . ' liig of Wood'tipOn the S i sk called a Yule clog, of CSitstrimiblock, to illiniinitie the hOuse, arid, as it were, turn • night into day. So Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1677, speaking of the beginning of December, says: " Now blocks to cleave, this time requires, 'Gainst Christmas, for to make good fires." The ancient method of spending the Christmas day is thus curiously described in the scarce tract entitled " Round about our Coal Fire at Christmas," &c. " An English gentleman at the opening of Chtist mas-day 'on the morning had all his tenants and neighbours enter his hall by day-break. The strong beer was broached, 'and the black jacks went plenti fully about, with toast, sugar, nutmeg, and good Cheshire cheese. The hackie (a great sausage) mast be boiled by day-break, or else two young men must take the maiden (i. e. the cook) by the-arms, and run CHILBLAINS, RIMUMATISMS, PALSIES, Ste. : her a zand the market-place, till she is ashamed of CniLßLAnkis are prevented from breaking ! acid herlaziness." At dinner, and during the h o ly da y s, , their tormenting ftehina instandy removed by 'WHIT . iligliAllE 14410:10E OF, .11114 k e ttl e, universally esteemlvt s, '• -*' 1 - ' of b ee f, It - the tables were all spread from the fi rst to the last ; for its extraordina ry Efficacy in ms, Palsies, Goner tne sir oin Mt - Lynam. and Complaints of the but where this car- ridge, were severally' brought upon the board, every tali remedy has beep. unknown„or. neglected, and the Chilblains one ate heartily and was welcome, which gave rise to, have actually broke, W lIITE HEA D'S FAMILY CB It ATE will ease the pain, and very speedily heal them. 'This ('erase is the proverb,"”fiS merry in hall , when beards wa g ail." equally efficacious for all ill-conditioned Sores, Sore he-,ts, Scor- - The ° •-• . 9 • •4 , •: •-' D o w , . TI Y IDLY 1? unit, or a part.of these festivi btitic Eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Ringworms, Shiugles,.,lies, was a . km d . of i_nrant or li tt l e i age paste Breakings-out en the Face, N6se, Ears, and Eyelids, Sore and which our bakers 'Used formerly to bake at this kea innarnsa Eyes, Sore Heads, and other Scorbutic Humours. The ESSENCE of M usTA . it i) is perhaps the most active, . son, and present to their customers, in the same Tian ins as ' penetrating, and effseaaoui remedy in the world, curing the se verestthis Sprains and Bruises in less than half the time usually - figures it appears , was intended to represent the..child- -, • -, , . 'said to be . - ' taken by any other.Linimentar . F.airocation, it also bests Cuts, Jesus, and a something like - it is `s..,tli cus- punctures from Sharp- Instruments, Nulls, Thorns, Splinters, tornary in Yorkshire; *here What is called " the ves 'ace. with in4redible facility, without smart or pain, preventing inflammation and festering, and is equally useful in the various t h ree weeks singers' (generally poor old - women),about accidents of animals—in 'short it is a domestic remedy of such weeks before Christmas, go from house'to house uncommon excellence and utility, that no family sensible to its with a waxen or woollen , 011 1 fantastically dressed, own comfort should ever be without it. and .soinetimes adorned with,an orange or a fi ne rosy Prepared only, nand soli tTy R. Johnston, Apothecary, IS, Greek-street, Soho, Loudon. The Essence and Pills at Xs. 9d. • P• .. - - ... - * thicred a pp le , iiftli ; Whielt in their'hands they sing or each ; the Cerate at Is: 1 ,I. and os. 9d. They are also sold at . thaunt an old local carol. This iessel-cup is most 68, Cornhill, and may be had of every idedicine Vender in the probably the remains of the " wassail bowl," a hich United Kingdom. anciently fotmei another part of the festivities of vr. The Genuine has a Black Ink Stamp, with the name of this season of the, year. 'The R. Johnston, inserted 011 it. PL UNI-PUDDI NP,tilittgre'4 article ofmodern feasting, ...; a mixtur strange bf cUrrants,*sutit, meat; CAKE'S GENUINE. PILLS )us . ily7 * farms) s for •L. curing, in all its stages , the v ri:: Acts.t ra um GTSARTS.—Some suspicious characters are at pre.. is ant, mentioned amongst. the other cheer enumerated One small Pill is 3 dose, and the taking of one lids, in a recent case, will soon convince the patient of the cerHinti,of his speedy in the preceding quotation , though it certainly was - sent going about the streets of Edinbargh as Gysarte recovery. • Nothing can'be better eontrived, enure safe, or olive as old as 1676. Poor Robiii, in that year; speaking Inte'skyrels' diessed in the • Highland costume, armed convenient than this Reatedy, for inch' as are obliged to go lour- of Christmas as a time when good eating did so with clagg:r il s l ' a a c n t cl i p ea ist b o ß ls o -s- y I nns buys, but strong men ; nies or to sea, as it needs o.confinement uric restraint of Diet ; 1..,,......, that it seemed as if " all the world were And when they 'ularaiti an entrance into a house, they and sixty years experiente s in an extensive practices has roved ' pt 4""1"4 . that i t will effect a . Core sleben repeated Sllivatiun and all ethei i made of minced pies, Oran Puddings, and . furtnety." * say they methods avail nothing. For the Scurvy 30 other_Chronical EVERGREENS . —The decking of houses, Churches, CLIRISTMA% PRESENT—AI Gentleman in Manchg. 'with evergreensf was a very ancient custom, ter, a few days ago, received 'through the Pust Office Disorders, this Medicine hat slot its parallel. U p wards d i &c. 10,000 persons of both sexes hare been radically cured of the ....,,i to the delight of those who do not like ens a' paket, the'charge'on Which Was cr 143. iod. On - above cruel disorders, within the last eight years. Prepared and ; ";", sold by the sole Proprietqrs„ T. TA Y LOB and SON, Members ! uray to forget the old times, is still in a great being *flea, it was Idyll's' to l eotisest Of a gown, velue of the Royal College of Surgeons • at their Blouse ,- N o. 9, Nett/ ' inaaStire.re;ained. , This appears, like several otherialsOurtirelVe shalings, Which had been sent from the Bridge - street. in Boxes of . only Cc . 9d. each, duty included.— r N.B.s sltsstmas observances ,, to have been copied by the nel4.bossibuod of London, bY : .a person to whom he ,: . Two back doors, .and L:glits ii) : the Passages•ar night.— e ryi4ians tram their Pagan ancesiors. ' Funnel I) this ha rendered .;nude service , •as -a present to his wife. They arc also sold, by their appointment, with copious tikrec- :, p . raciice, a t t his tirne,Was general: Stowe, hi his Survey '• ti is sUpposed the packet had bsen given to a servant to 'sent! bY V 4 mail,' and tkif the man, not knowing nom, at the Toy-shop, :03, oxtonl-street; Mr.. Dsbnroughi„ , N o . 7, 1 • .1,11 -hill, nearly opposite tht, Monument ; and by 1 a Fart;iety, from, one Person in every considerable Town ,in Great Britain and • 4 funiennim," wheat. It made of creed wheit • br Wheat, viletratter being benten' far sortie •tinic with'ic'thectilsOnitFork had iiientht 'he 'was 'attending ttl'ins Ireland. Advita, illis to Persons taking the abiare, or other of . wo w so mallet, i s *p i bpil e d. s i ls i tikttrA with mak,..stitsr, net-. struttionSitriending it bt Mellott . . . I cheyioprietor's.2l•Alcinlp. ' imes; dic. • ... . . Private P.ntranee, and Private P9.onts for Ontsultation.-6 Letters, stating Particulars, answered lay return Post. Direct COOPER and Co. Surge Una, Charlotte House , Sirery. * A !SEAL CHRISTAXAS 430 X. A T., this - Critical Sea; when.. Chi'diva . are. .CA. Teething, they suffer nitwit pain . than at any time in tie year, very few escaping Convulsions . ; it 'is particularly tC quested of every Mother and Nurse that has young Chadic% •not to be without the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery, as it gives hnineatte relief. Mrs. JOHNSON, feeling for the Pone, at a time• like ashy when so.many are out of employ, and wishing to relieve. thcilic dear little suir..rers, has given them - a real Christmas-box, by extending her charity one hour lnngeri that Is to say, frnm Nine to . Eleven every .Tuesday and Saturday morning tutekl next March, and then, as uitill; (Mille the dayi arc so *err short, and hundreds live at. a great:distance, cannot get tbeis children at her house in time), they must bring a letter from a respectable housekeeper that they ate real objects of'cltarlty. Mrs. J. hopes at the same time so great a charity will not he abused, as it is entirely out of her own private purse, and trusts that persons who can afford to purchase the Syrup will not Injure the Poor, by, obtaining what is intended for their relief. • • : This inestimable Medicine to he had, Wholesale and of the Proprietors, johnsish and Burgess, late " JohniM Williams." es, York-place, City-road: and, by their appoint, aunt, - of all the principal Medicine Venders in Tewn and Coun try, at 2s. 93. pa bottle. christmav boxes, which were formerly a matter, of bounty, have in late times been almost demanded as a matter of right. This tax on ttadesmen, in parti cular, says the author of the Connoisseur, gave him i pretence to lengthen out his bill, and, the master and tuistress to lower !heir wages on account.of the Gay, in his Trislin, mentions the Christinas_ box— " Some boys are rich by birth beyond all wants, Beluv'd by uncles and kind good old aunts; When tim! coinva round a Christmas-boa they bear, And one day make. tii7:` , rich fur all the year." Parliament, in 165‘2, by orc. 4 er,- enjoined. " That no observation shall be had of the five and twentieth day of December, commonly caned Christmas-day, nor any solemnity used or exercised .. in• c'• - •--iles respect thereof." We live now in mote liberal times. !~b '. . , . ,•• . • •- . • , • • • . • • - . .• - . • -----... _ • . " N ..: . .: e • . ' .. 't • Tas."r ' . ) .i ' '-. • :"'r. OF Fl74';! .' ' ' . 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