The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-26

spike to an orange body. into which six
qufils are stuck. each Quill meaning week
of Lent. The whole thing is hung across
the street from window to window ON q piece
OF string Each Sunday quill is pulled out
amid great rry-making. In the end what
remains of poor Quarissima is blown up by
gunpowder.
Children still go a-shrovlng in the smaller
English country towns. They 60 from house
to house, singing quaint songs, and for their
pains get pancake or some goody A less
pleasant variation OF this custom was LENT
crockery, which fourished in Dorsetshire and
Wiltshire, where the children went armed
with sticks and stones and broke crockery.
singing
I've come a -Shroving
For a piece Of pancake,
Or a piece OF bacon.
Or a piece of truckle cheese
Or your own making;
II you give me a little
IN ask for no more;
IL you don't give me nothing
I'll rattle your door.
SO there was no pancake forthcoming
at a signal from the leader the broken crock
cry, ETC., was thrown against the door.
+ Time out Of mind football has been CON-
sidered an appropriate game for Shrove Tues
Gay. Long ago ball was even PLAYED in. the
churches by laics and clergy on that dav.
In certain town in the County Of Perth the
bachelors and married men play football
against each other. The man most recently
married is supposed to furnish the ball.
The third Sunday In Lent similar game
was Played at st. Malo. Here again the soule
a sort of rude football, was furnished by the
most newly married man. 1t was gayly
decorated and brought to the church and
placed on the high altar. where it remained
from early mass until noon. Then the priest
blessed it and gave 1t to the players.
"In old times the first Sunday In Lent was
the day for shooting the goose. and also the
papagiae. This latter game was an innova a.
tion introduced by the Duchess Anne earlv in
the fifteenth century. The papagiae was a
small wooden pigeon, placed on the highest
tu1ret Of the castle. ALL the good marks
men for miles around came to the contest
and the one fortunate enough to knock the
bird down was called king of the papasee
No small thing, for not only was he ktnl,
OF all carnival, but he received an allowance
varying from $500 to $500 the following wear
AT the service Of the Tenebres a ouaint
custom still exists At the words vale of
the temple rent In twain the priest NOT
COnRroRat1On
bang on kettles and pans they have bought
for the purpose. A means whereby the
faithful were encouraged to take part in the
service, the old chronicler put IT.
The air of general gloom was added to by
the women, usually SO trim, coming to mass
with streamers and loops Of their colts fan
ping loose and unstarched about their faces. /"
Formerly in England the professions OF
Palm Sunday were carried on with a good
deal of realism. The wooden figure of an
ass, with figure Of the Christ upon it, was
dragged through the streets, while the people
waved palms and sang songs before it. Later
an angel was added to. the procession For
In st. Andrews parish in London the church
record for the year 1920 shows eight pence
paid for hire Of the angel on Palm Sun
day.
However angels became drug on the
market or else the quality Of angels dete-