Curiosities of the church
Subtitle: studies of curious customs, services and records
By: by William Andrews
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: ATLA monograph preservation program -- ATLA fiche 1990-1030.
Publisher: W. Andrews
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Hull
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Christian antiquities; Rites and ceremonies; Social life and customs
Notes: Microfiche. Evanston : American Theological Library Association, 1992. 1 microfiche. High reduction. Silver based film. (ATLA monograph preservation program ; ATLA fiche 1990-1030)
Table of contents: title: Early religious plays; title: The Caistor gad-whip manorial service; title: Strange serpent stories; title: Church-ales; title: Rush-bearing; title: Fish in Lent; title: Concerning doles; title: Church scrambling charities; title: Briefs; title: Bells and beacons for travellers by night; title: Hour glasses in churches; title: Chained books in churches; title: Funeral effigies; title: Torch-light burials; title: Simple memorials for the early dead; title: The romance of parish registers; title: Dog whippers and sluggard wakers; title: Odd items from old accounts.