. Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing rushes; carrying rushes to church; the rush-cart; garlands in churches; morris-dancers; the wakes; the rush. lwlv! travelling was expensive and could only be irdn Wlin sparingly Then those ever ente^i^Spanies found that they could profitably take rialsengers for fifty and sixty miles and back for *thesmall sum of halt-a-crown. From that time to thepresent day new experiences and very delightfulholidays came with the Wakes; and to meet theneed tor pluto/-the newest slang £rm forS^^T?9 %S*kmK Population organised goivl: oil clubs These clu
. Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing rushes; carrying rushes to church; the rush-cart; garlands in churches; morris-dancers; the wakes; the rush. lwlv! travelling was expensive and could only be irdn Wlin sparingly Then those ever ente^i^Spanies found that they could profitably take rialsengers for fifty and sixty miles and back for *thesmall sum of halt-a-crown. From that time to thepresent day new experiences and very delightfulholidays came with the Wakes; and to meet theneed tor pluto/-the newest slang £rm forS^^T?9 %S*kmK Population organised goivl: oil clubs These clubs have taken root not onlyin public-houses but in savings banks, and in millsand workshops. Trifling subscriptions regularlymade every week for months before the Wakesaccumulate into tidy sums, and when the holidaycomes tnousands of pounds are taken for the solepurpose of spending in change of scene and p>easure. Our operatives and workers generally canthus afford very comfortably all the exactions ofsea-side places and the expenses of travelling, etcThe change throughout is for the better! andpicturesque as were the old customs we are welland oi them. ^. 2T3- THE LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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