The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-12-26

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ths n.las. OF tne pavement, taat IN the groand,
s.''.s ~ 'p'' = nol'ps ahu is'e' ior a'sport q
-. 's'''as y 'as people, was TORN up ana
s"s' No"ne y .he mahenan. spirit las was
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~ Aoo'. were eas' mug 'ne street. ana INTO a.
f''s aouses' 90 shAt the people were sore
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uan0e wAa ysicOmeo oy minssreisy' We
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" sne 'i''s u nepry W ~ 'he sloane Man
uS'''p's
welcome be thou, heavenly King,
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welcome Yulo
welcome iaaosen,s - s,sa'~s~ sssrS s-s oas' se"''
Welcome Thomas Martyr one;
Welcome Yuie
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Welcome all, and make good cheer.
Welcome all. another year.
welcome fuie'
fart Oh The log was carefully preserved 70
nght the fule-log OF the succeeding year. II
was also believed that its preservation Was an
eiiectuai security against fire. Il was consid-
cred bad omen II squirting person entered
me hall while 4 was burning. A fule-candle
o. enormous SIZE was also lighted Brand, in
ms Popular antiquities states that, IN the
ou'tery Of y. Johns College, Oxford, an
ancient eahdle'soeket Of stone still remains,
ornamented with the Agnus Del. This was
ior noiaing the christmas candle, which burned
on the high-taoie at supper. In Devonshire
lhe iais-log Is an ashen iagot In Cornwall
the log Is called "the mock. A custom still
prac''ced IN the former county Is for the far
mer ana friends TO sally out on the Eve, and
onsr CIDER ana not cake as llbation to the
principal apple-tree. Guns are ired while
the iiquor Is beng poured on the tree and
songs are sung, the burden Of which seems TO
be TO request the tree to bear welinext season.
A beautiful superstition was current in Devon
and Cornwall, and we believe still fingers in
remote districts, that the cattle in their stalls
iail down and worship the infant Saviour,
Bees are said to sing in their hives.
William the Conqueror usually kept his
christmas at 6ionccster, but william ii hon
ored winchester at that festival. Henry ]
took fancy to Westminster for the first four
years OF his reign, and then celebrated Il at
Windsor. Henry II kept his first Christmas
at bermondsey, and IN III IN Ireland. In
lzui John kept Christmas at Gulldford, but
was very angry because the Archbishop Of
Canterbury attempted to outdo him in extrav-
agance. In l21l the mobiles who appeared at
Westminster were outraged because the papal
legate had the place OF honor at the banquet;
but henry III Christmas IN l2o2 was great
e.eeess, o"e 'nousAne hh'shs He'enuing, ee-
s''es tne peers OF tne realm, 70 witness the
marriage Oh tne frlncess Margaret with Alex
anoer' KING oi the scots. Inc Archbishop OF
iork gave SIX hundred nat oxen and two thou
sana seven hundred pounds toward the ex-
penses. In i2aS henry ordered Westminster
Han to be hiled with poor people and Toasted
Tor week Edward ! kept Christmas at
Bury Collingham, Ipswich Bristol and Car
iisie. IN 1919 ana 1910 EDWARD III Kept the
festival royalty at Nottingham, but 1926 found
him prisoner at kenilworth. Edward III
kept Christmas at Gulldford IN 1881 and ls4s,
masques and mummings on large scale be-
ing exhibited When Richard II kept Christ
mas at Litchfeld, he enlarged the episcopal
palace, and two thousand oxeh and two hun
dred tnns OF wine were consumed on the oc-
casion. Ten thousand people dined daily at
the expense of the king. Richard kept two
thousand cooks, who gave to the world the
famous ccokery-book. The Form Of Curry,
c. 1880. Henry vi, in 1883, kept Christmas
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