Order of the grand procession of the shoemakers of Kirkcaldy, in honour and memory of King Crispin : Which is to take place there, on Thursday the 20th  June 1822, at twelve o'clock noon precisely.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
Edinburgh printed : [s.n.,
1822]
Coat of arms above the title.
'Price one penny'.
St Crispin was and still is the patron saint of shoemakers, who is alleged to have been martyred on the 25th of October during the third century A.D. During the middle ages most guilds, trades and professions adopted a patron saint, and celebrated their martyrdom by taking an annual holiday and processing with the saint's image.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
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Shoemakers