Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . men with a stall or rod in^gii£ their hands kept order duringthe lon<r services- Theserods sometimes liad a ball onone end and a fox tail on theother. The men of the con-gregation were kept awakeby a tap from the heavy end,^—- and if a woman was caughtff napping she was awakenedby the fox tail brushingPo-ir„^s:?ii.»== against her town constituted the parish in those early days, and every one wasexpected to attend church regularly and constantly, and it
Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . men with a stall or rod in^gii£ their hands kept order duringthe lon<r services- Theserods sometimes liad a ball onone end and a fox tail on theother. The men of the con-gregation were kept awakeby a tap from the heavy end,^—- and if a woman was caughtff napping she was awakenedby the fox tail brushingPo-ir„^s:?ii.»== against her town constituted the parish in those early days, and every one wasexpected to attend church regularly and constantly, and it was a partof the duty of the tything-man t^ look up absentees and bring them.
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