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Q n m n l_ehendarV Stories May aud early in Noreinl)er. lii tlio more ■“ * '3 * '


X T ^ . T i " _ __ ■ i midland and soutliorn lairte ef bwedon huge


and Folk-Lore of the Glitheroe District-


By W. SELF WEEKS, F.S.A.


Otli Ainy, 1891: “ May-in ‘ Niglit ” was colobraitod a,t


I I __ ing appeared in the 41..^ <1 Clitlieroe TTmOs ”


bv-Howland more recently still. --------------- 1


Jowla Aliacliief Night i


land as usual, and probably vilUigo for miles round carries


such spirit. On tbo morn of t non-roeideiit would have been struck with tlio - .a


-.i' -a W t.


Jolm’fl Kve, apjieam to have lioen pre- and .setting up green boughs'was lost and for- gotten.


GATING THIO WITCHES.


olt tlio premises. It was not the . first time ho had come to this conclusion, but in pre- riou.H years locks and bolts amt bars liad proved ' no barrier to the youths bent on


ovideiico showing that among niaiiy iiooples ^viiiiio JUlner in “ Hones year Hook,” In a Juud, miyieldiiig substance which to his .-unazo- it Ls “ tlioiigbt desirable to have a genoral jitter to tbo Hditor dated in 1831. The ,,ient and delight, proved to be-an cnoniious riddiUioo of ovd spirita at lixetl times ,yrjter states it was observed on tho evo )ire- augget, one ol the largest over found on the usually onco a year.” Ho stato.s that “ wlioii -ceding tlio 1st Novembor when tlio witches ,.\niericiui Continent. The “Oliver .Martin


of -‘ .seeking” ) the witches i.s doscrihed by dug barely two feet when Ids spade struck s


T'lio custom of “ Editor of the


‘ Year Book ” interprets,


a genoral clesiniiiee of evlLs i.s la-sortcil to ,|,.y presumed to make their appearaiieo “ lor chunk," as it ctmio to bo known the whole ti.


...... I ,...4 41......... i„ .. , . .1....................... ..imrat . .


ighed 151 Ibs. 6 ounce.s, realised the uiicleu.s of a fortune of


m one ..........


the arrival of tlio mid-niglit crusaders. In duo time they turned up, and looks and biirs liatl to give way ns nforotiine. Just, how­ ever, us tliey were aliout to move the cart out of tho liani. the heroes of the night re­ ceived a cold .slmwcr bath, which so ctailed


-


tlioir Times'”'’ reiTOriccl'^a^


which Alartin 'accumulated in •:nukm ous n ugge*!'.


commonly “ preccHled or followeil by u periotl „ „ of geiioriil licuiee, din ing which tho ordiiiarj-


,i„v to call at every coiisidcralile in the neiglihoiirliood and ask lor


le.slraints of society are thrown lusido and all |,„tiiig • candli-s. of which they received in 'olfenees .short of the gravest tiro allowisl to ptKss unpmiLsIietl.” He give.s uislances to .show that aminal e.spuLsions of donioiis or


acording to tile iiiimher of inmates; the [lersoiis they were meant


oourage that the cart'was left hehiiul.” ' evil iiillueiice.s are not inikmiwii in I'.urope at ....A.. — ...-./..llr. .vF l.'nuf.lfll 1


‘ praiilw a« UHual during tlie course of Satur- Day. armed with ,sti(‘k.>.. tlu* ends of winch 'dav nicht and Sunday morning Inst. There aro ajdit in lime places. N


was


tronghs dese UIX)U. npiHjars at Bolton. However,


>imhs and articles of every coiicmvable bealLn« tho wnlls witli cudgels of lime wood, scnptiori that it wjis ixxwible to lay Inuids 1 onco saw tlio oliicials of n Ixmdon Parish o n ” From enquiries 1 have made it ” Ixjjit tho lioumla ” in liUdgatc Hill. Ihoy


uecwiiitvu M.V1.4 dccoralvd with . a..l.l..... k.i..n..d..s... o..f....... bar.....re. --------------------- c------- - ---- ---------- ls, j)eoi)Io,


liasi.* Satan from their dwolhngs b iy Tho wri j,|


. -


I eiirbsS whool' barows, itoolfi, or lotlitM- l(ooso tbo wnll of sniiie purtienliir luiddiiig and tlie ,|,q so.i.son, but if by niiy iiecidoiit Uie eaiidlo ' iirtii-lcK bud been very .seeiirely lotkixl up otlier cliildreii witli tin- wiinds tliey eiirruxl ovoi- night ilicv were foinitl on Muv day morn- ln-at several times on tbo wands laid again.st lug to be missing. tVliere opiKirtilnily olTorixl the wall. I liave often wpnderoil wliellier 'til;- bi'luliiig iiiiiimst liiiikliiigs lit i<ii(.uiu


carts were taken and ovorlnriUHl ill tlio broi)k or hidden -so that tin' owner.s wore pnt- to much trouble and loss of time m searching for them and generally the same kind ol pranks were induljjed in as tln>se which I have described with reforeiUT' to otluT places. The Great Euroiiean War, however, i Badly interfered with tho old eiiAtom


1 1 have descrilunl this cu.'-tmu at some length n« “ M'i.sebief Night ” is ,mn nien- tioiie'1 bv Brand, nor is it referrcsl to m Hazlilt's’ “ Dictionary of Kailhs and I'olk-


it iiiw not l:een passible for “ Mischief Night-'' to be kept up with its jiroper spirit.


makes Lob and Micbil. the local fiprilos .s.ay, ZC (4 X fl A *


pointK of tho I’ liri.'-li I'nnmbirios ivus not :i 'fron, kiting, mid not then niiloss tho ciiiuUi' rolii- of iin oiiilior c-'roiinui.v for driving mviiy |,,,j nrrtiorMxl iu-olf idiglit.” Harkind iiml ovil fi|iirit«. Fru.-ior .tI(40 giyr.< o.yuniplos ol Wilk iison ( " I.iiiirii.shrrc Folk l.oro ” ) state tbo ovpulsioii of ovil spirits in .\lliiiniii (on F,ii.stor Evo), of wilrbr'- in riiliiliriii (in


i-i,rio<l tbo ligbt mitil aftor tbo rotiirii


Bownliam. So ninnv young men joined tho Night), and of the .Soinmervogel in W^-st- :t.i. f.K.


.................... . ■


Armv tlial for the la.st two or three years pluilia (on 22nd Fehriiary, St. Peters Day). . , •» . ,


Vi.ri.t,” Occurring n.s “ Mischief Night” <loes at v.hat was once regardiKl


miU«*^'rXuv Iwen wri^^ olwerved. Uiilot-s eiiiMieii' held their wiimN iipri;^it iigiiinst Rented mrgril sidely <b'fy their iiiiilice (liu-iiig „nt, it wiis :in omen of evil to it- repre- ,i,p Hir.'sliliold of tlie p(w.soii for wlnini


Misciiicf Night” have till ceruiin points’ on tlioir route, some ol the to blow it out. and the person it ropre- It w:us deemed unlucky, l<x>, to ijrnily believed in Liiiieusbiro tlnvt


March), of witelics in the Tyrol (on 1st .May), o,.t<,i,or ,it thoir general rondozvons in tbo (»f WO(xl spirits in Switzorluml (on TwollLli


not bo the rwnains of i\ saturnalia, or period y..^y to Malkin Tower who atU‘mpt4*d to put of general lie<»nci'. that accompaniwl an ox- pul.Mion of evils, once talcing jilaoe at this Boasoii of tlio year)' xVnd in connection witli


.............................................. the end of the lighting, witli this Udief, and sugge.st that wHuut ’and the beginning of summer, may it


. hoii.se (ailed .Malkin Tower. nil's.' wntoi-s connect the biting ol witclios. wliicli tlio\ dorivo from lisilit A.S. light, and intorpret


^^Mr Litthslale in lii.s ballad of Eud.^ay’s tliis suggestion I would c.tII attention to some 4 Ik r.


i “ Tlieii iqion Saint Walpnrgis’ night, All gnu« and cayts we uirry away.


' Or ever tli em-k erow linings the light. I To Bolion^C'rass on tlu> first of M-ay.


r>cai) bedoro iiuoUhI from (printeil in ISoG) ,.f tho (piotation'! fr<nn J>ulaure hereafter . V a I


it.s neighlK)urh<x>d (IS,’17) says that * wie InBt evening in Oetoln'r was c alled 1o«inlay


I Tlius still we bail, tho’ by Pagan riUis, ' Tlie time when sin and slmme did fUn?,


1 x\nd hojK* to be saved as Cliristian sprito-s, I And happy for ever with you to Ix'.”


' And ill UiH note.s to tlie ballad, Mr LitiltHlale says, “ It i.s still tho cu.stom to bring aJl tho gates and eaits Unit emi be olitained oil the


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• night of tlie 30(lb xLpril, to BolUm 0^o^K, , where Uicy ;u»^ ink'd up n\ a lu'ap for a Ihiii


: ^Yalpurgi.s night lire's were to Pi.'tv firo a X loci,ily stated to bo tbo w<a;k of


given when treating of “ Lifting” or “ lle-aving,” whieli di’M'ribe the practice of going into persons’ hoavi*s early in the morn­ ing and carrying nw:iy whatever article.s I'aine t/i hand This he.'irs a re-^emhlmv to the doings of “ Mi.<;<'hief Night.” ‘ind tho whole of the practices detailed by Dulaure sliow great general licence prevailing on the oceasion.s when they were indulged in.


Evo eiwlom wliich once prevailwl at Glitheroe : “ Sometimes branclier> of trees or shrulis were tlio door.s of part


ANOTTIEII MAY EV K CUST’OM. Dob.son, tlius dcMwibes anotiier May-Day


fi ilatnd at lud its significance, as ov u


Lob and Micbili who now, liowovor, forliiii- ‘ f o ’ r t r = - l o r


night or the Fast of All Souls. At the close of tbat day. well wiUiin lato years, Uio bilk wbieli omirclo tbo Fylde, sboiie briglitly witli mam a bonfire. Hu' mos^es <)f Marton, etc., etc., rivalling them with tlieir firw, kindled


Thornber in hi.s accinint of Blackpool and .......................


a« above dcscribe<l. ' '


bitches who were passing on their Landb-s that were carried almilt on


“ ]lolton-by-Ilowlaiid ‘ .MiscliicI Xifcdit.' all the ymiiig g'rls ol tlio villag(yi.s.sc-ml>led Tlio voutjis of tho vilJaj5o carried on thoir on tho la.st day of the year or on New dear’s


AVoUmts. a Finnish peiiplc of Fa.sterii Hiis,sia ?IIUUt'l was tho usual collection of carls on tho boat every corner of tho house mid yard .say- N ith liiose they


viliago grevn. etc., observabio at day-break, ing “ wo aro driving Satan out ol the and tho old cross ill tlio centre of the village village.” Tho Chereiiuss. anotluu- iMiinish


again in Mav. 1892, the. ‘ ‘ Clitlieroe tho pre-seiit day. Anion.gst the lieatlieii occasion iiiiist, however, be voluiitai-y. - 'l* 11


writer aiul a (smsiii .sliould join them at 11 o’clock that night, at wbicli time the [larty were to call for tliein and tlio lights. At cloven, therefore, the writer and her coiaiiii


^ ^ riter states that ” he en tom^ m wi/s a ranged witb the liatiiig party that the . . . I t --- ---..4 .. 4 l.r


lapneent might Ihems-'-lves enn-y. or re t« deimty, whose service's on


tlU‘ H


It was to a i>oor half-breed Uuit the next


elroko of luck eiunc ou tlic Californian gold­ fields. Ono evouiijg, so tho story is told, when tliu liulian, who was emjiloyed on a claim in Nevada County, went to a neiglibouriiig creek to wash Ids overalls, ho noticcil at tho bottom of tho inmldy stream, a yellow rock which stim idate<l Ids curiosity. Rumiing t* fetch tho forlmiaii lo iiispect the rock, the trained eye of the nuner at once ix'cogiiised it na gold. To quote a chronicler:—“Tlie camp went crazy over the find. Ats the storj- spread, hundreds


sallied Forth with tlio piirty each ^vitll u nuno long disUiiiees to feast their eyos on Uie lighted caiullo. in tlto direction ol liOnca-sUw. piuip of gold and to poiso it in their hands, tlio wholt* wmpanv iiiiniljoring 'uliout thirty. woi^icd (io lbs. and tilh'd ii ix’ck measure. sUito.s tbnt ‘ ‘ tin* enstom origin- Uiat »f a liKhto<l cmullo


IHMirs that tlie custom ha.s now ditxl out wt*ro mcoinpauicd hy a numher ol (•hiklrou steadily it luul ho Far triumphed over the «‘vd nt BownJiam, the canying long pended wands of willow. xVt t,Qwt*r of tho witches, who would try all tliey


(Muried nbout the I’VIl from ] l •- at n\0il, ami it l>urnt all that time


'riiH firm sold tho unggot to the Odams Express Company for £3,380, and presented each of their employees in the camp \rith £20, giring the half-breod £60 extra for his lack in making tho find.” No lcx> romantic is the st<in* of two Cornish


- - ■ ■ . _


miners, .John Ucason and Ttichnrd Oates, whu one d.ay staked out a ebum near the village of Moliaqne, in Victoria. They set to work wiUi vigour, confident that in a few month.s they would be able to return lo tln*ir iintive Corn­ wall rich men; but their expectations were doomed to cruel disappointment. Not only months but many years p.issed, .and found theni still as far removed Trom fortune as at tiie beginning; and by 1869, fiftoen yenre after tln*y


(vitebos assemlilct on the iiiglil of 31st )H;gini tbrir sriiroli for gold, thev were reduced ^ic l.xst striiits. Sturvataon'sUred them ui


of Fondle—ii rninisl and doMiluto. iunii tlio faro: and the crowiiiiig mis uing misfortmio uime


when a local storekeeper refused to supply Deason with a lilfle flour until produced t-ho money for it. In despair the miner seized his pick and


wjindercd awjiy to the out.skirts of the gold­ field : jind as he wjuiderod, doNMicast and heavy- he.irtod, ho noticed a gleam of yellow in .1 nil nwde by a puddlor’s cart. Lifting his pick, witli .a few frantic blovi's he brought to ligbt ;in enormous nuggot, which, wiDi all his .strength, he could Karely raise an inch from the ground.


'Flio nugget, which \s-ns soon


'for tlio avowcfd object oi succouring Ui^eir friends detained in the fancied regions of a middle slata. A field near Ponliou m which the Teanlay.> wore once eelelirated (a circle of men -standing witli bundles of straw, rinsed on high with forks) i.s named Purgatory by


tbo old iiibabitaiito.” Itotli the ‘ latmn "1 witdies” and tbo bmilir.'.- “ ■.'‘orilu'd by 'if'boriiber woro without doubt doriv«l t''” '"


nov


A Uioni meant scorn, a quieken or niy dear chicken,’ a branch


of Tmlly meant ‘ «reut folly,’ salt boforo tbo


iillii-ion bus bix'ii before miido. (To 1)0 Continued.)


loa,' aiid ovory troo tho N'ovenibor lire ci-reinoiiica orv llowi-j LS Hiip- tlio aiiciom Colts i,i lonnoctioii with tli r nival r.-otival on 1st XovemlH-r to uliioli


known ;is the “Welcome Stranger,” aclu.ally weighe<l two biindredweighU, ;uid was sold for iie.nriv £10,000. “TBR mr;


.strtkk.”


For six months Samind Napiei- and hi.% hrothor dug for gold near Bendigo, Anstraiia. without disco%*eriug as muoli of the precious metal as would pay their living expenses, wiieii one August- day, lo tell the storj* in Napier's owni wonts. “ We nnide tlie bigstnktv We had dug down about 14 feet to tlio pipe-clay slra-


hor, Tlijiusii wa.s tbo chief ol the Hrimtlliiniar, ' or Fro-t GiaiiLs. ami accordin;- to tbo Mdaa,


I yearly iK'risbe.s on May day uiuh'r the ijUlu- cnev ot tho sun’s rays, which thn-s deliver


i Iduna or Spring, from Inw captivity la ! Thrv’mhoJin, tho <iipital of .lotunJieiin, oi IHganl, and tho reaidciicx* of Tlijnssi. Mr. LiitUdalo’s suggesvon that the practices of


1 “ Miwhief Night” originutod m vho I'oUec- tiou of materiuls for honfiri'S ushering in the Mav festival apixsans to me to l>e incorrect. The lighting ot l>onfire? was intimately <*on-


i ncctuHl with Sun woi-shi\» ^ and while some pooploa kept their Sun Festivals in councetion


i with tho .soLstieos and Uio equinoxes—honco the liras on St .lohn’s Eve ami probably Uie


I Yule l»g a.t Ghristima.s-ot'hois oksi;mv<l . fhem at the commonceineiit ol .summer and . tho beginning of wintar, from whe.nco aro^» ' tlio May and Novtunber bonfires. • in Jsout-li Gonnnny tho great honlire celebration was held ai Midsummer, wlule throughout tho


I'l’lR. wnt4'i; of the irtirio


hold III >lirkun,.iior, v- .in- ^ m.rtii


1 that this KiusUw firo ftwfi\ origimillv lioUl on tho l.st ol May amj shifUKl so a-'^ G) coincide with Uio uhurcli Fc'stival known as JCiLstor. 'Ihc same writer .stat<^ that “ 111 fJreut Hrilaui St-. Jolm-s Eve wa.s (xdehraUvl Avith boiifin^, and Jvisler had firo rites, which although inconxir-


i .ated ill Uio .serviw of the Roman Calholic Church wore clearly of heathen origm. But tho great dav for iHnilirc.s in tlio Bnti.sli i^la!ldH was tho 1st Novomher. B'owor traces of Ihi.s are found in other ctmntru’s, ami therefore wo must look uikhi it lus mc.ro peculiarly Otdtic.” U lias lu'oii inore than onon ob-sorved with great prol)Jibilit>. Uuit ilios4‘ .•vnciciit Novenilier Pagan firiw bec.nme luorgcd into tho iiUKlcm Guy Fawkc’^ Ixuihros of the .'ith Novc-mher, and that this is the rcJL^>n why in some rural dtslrict.s the latter


jieighbourliood of Chipihng by Edward Kirk in vol. T ol the Pnpei*s ot the 3lancluviler l4itoiary Cluli (p. lOS) : " The evo of May Day, April TOtli is called * Miftchief Noot.’ On tlits night all liie young men turned out to pay a tribute ot alTi'ction to t-lieir .sweethearts, or mark thoir di.sdain for tho girl.s who liad jiltwi tiicm. Thoro was a local language, not of llower.s, but of branches, which wa.s well iinderstfMxl. and it wa.s in tiii.s tliat tlie hiisy swnin.s siwko. juid JU


*


GREAT HARWOOD SHOW.


prac.ti.se<! by turn, and were .slmllling .around in the bottom of tho shaft moio dead than alive from the Jieat. (Jld Ambixise, our cook und handy-niaa, lit his pipe .and leaned against iho side of Uio Imlo for a rest. Just then 1 struck some­ thing with, my pick. I turned it up to tho light for belter sight, and, by jimniiny! it w.vs H chunk of gold as big os a Hubbard s<puish!" As a m.-iUer of fact it weigln*d 146 lbs. 4


oz. And when Uiu Xajiier.s brought a hor»e .Tint cart and took their precious nuggot to Me!- bi)unie four days' dLstarit, Uicy found .an eager purclia.ser for £7,OCX). Still nuiii- fovlimati* were two other AustroJ-


tion were favoured with glorioiLs weather lor thoir sixtieth annual exhibition on luestlay, and tlioro wa.s a very large attoiidaiice ot the public. The eiitriei; numbered l.dfiO, being an itiereji.sc' of inoio than 1100 over those ot and it only required uonnnl rail-


Tile Great HarwooLi Agricultnnil -iViaSocla-


tho limbs of treas au<l trampling down the ra.lway service. however.'caused the aliseuco aiul tbo


S flamagi', or in tho local phrnseoIogN', mischief,’ nan iwmotinios done in rending oil


of tile young woman wliieb was supi>oscd t<» be no'.s.‘er\‘ti to linn. If more timii <me female occupiisl the room, lu' atuiehf'<i si slip of |>aper to the brmicb. with ' Alice.'


plan W.U kin - •


ind, juul place it under the i Immber w indow -. to procure a Ixuigh of the proper . Snliy,’ „a tho oano ’ ‘ ' ‘7 o uoitiii o ' ' in in’ght'b'. IVliil.' tlui fnir dam.M'1 .slopt «h.,'


qiiiokli and place it under Uie olTend«l swain’s own window witli a fresh laliel to it. I give a few of tlu- ‘ Imv>


Wilt' ll imt.il dawn of day when oxpocting a .....j-._ 4i...


* . i .


supposed to rhyme, origin;— ‘ ‘ AVn keii .......... Boo i’ bloom .


“ Thorn ............. ‘ ‘ Ash ...............


‘ ‘ Owler (-Alder) waa quieklv soarclied round before Uie old Til.


I yi't aljound while they arc fast di.sapix*jiring in tlio more jiopuloas town.s.


• Tlie aiic.if‘nt heathen C<dtic nations had a Miiv-Novomliiii- ,vcar. Tlic lut <'f Mu)' "■''j (idcd l!"liiiiio and \vii.s tho heginninu ol summer, wliieli lii.slod till ilio ist. Novemh.'r, when winlor hegan. Bcltano. Tjummivs (Isi of Aucuat. marking the midi>oint of summer)


^ ...,My dear Cliiekeii.


.....M’od an’ .soon. .... Scorn.


....A trash. .....A scowler.


SAd an’ a daisy ...Proud an’ liixy. Yato (Gate) .........Sliakon pate. tir.st ih’ng on a May morn ihe house


mivht rroenv iimr.-.tlian <mo tokoii of lovo or diBrcKard. 1 have known yonng wvinen


larv 'iind di'rogatory. The iiieanings are whieli mav lie tlieir


s ’ liotji coiiiidinion-


niispringing garden plants, tlio term ‘ Mis- of many of the bmg-<listance entries, aiul tbo ...........


last yair...............


wav facilities to bring tho show hack almost nto diggers, when one day, just .i.s tliey we to \ho level of pn-w’ur tinu'S


. , 1 1 *


>. The swains hcavv and ligbt horse tWH-tions sulferetl hy this iiaiuii<a!>. as well as bi'veral other leiituie.s.


-


But under tlie conditions prevailing the rUmw was considi'iul in every way s;jUsfactory. An eiiiirmons nunilior of people ami nuiliy oxhibi- tor-s arrivcsl at the show grouml hy motor. The pr:ze money offoroil amounted U) ,C(U)(), and 1-t challenge cups were offered for com-


I'oe ’ of (luestinimhle expression and folUwv other officials include: Mr. 1. alcrcvr, secre- . . .


.


tai-y; luid Mr. Bicluird I’icknp. ehairninn ol coii'iiaiU e. During the day there were selec­ tions of ninsic liy the t;iayton-l<'-M<s)rs Prize


.... .........1 M.. 1 )UG. l - - . l i . i.iutirninn o


Band. Following is a list td local prize wmtiers


HORNED CiATrijl').—Bull, not more lluin


two hrond teetli: 1, B. .Smalley, Grimlleton. Tlireo lieil’or calves, not. e.sc-Mxling moiitlis; 1. 'IV Tomlinron, AViswell.


PIGS.—Breeding sow. in pig or in litter:


1, T. E. Conyers, Ohatbum; 2, Colony Com­ mit tee, Laiiglio.


folk were natir. iiecauso this was often Uie lootect t fir.-l liint that tliey got of the prospects of liwing one of Uie family.”


j .’


,\ sim lnr custom al.v> pi-evniled in Uie I'Md" (TIiornlB'i’.s BlackiiooU. .-^ir .lames


Frazer, in Uie ” (loldoii Bongli.” has colleeii'd a inii.-a of ovidence lo allow tlio widespread belief wliicli at ono time prevailed in Uie ben'.’licient (ninlilies of


Hil l tho 1st Niivemlior were tlieir tlirei. clitef g.v.yi many examplro f..4t,i\-as on nil ol whieli lionfires woro nectoil Uierowitli. in Irindled 'Tlio ancient quarter days in Scot- suit of ln.s rosoarclios iio


land w.'io n.alloMnnas (l.st Novembor), Candlomii,s (2nd Fol.nmry), Boltane ( st. Mav), and l.ammiii (l.st August), oiul tins


wai no donlit a rolie of Uie ancient C-'IUe t - \ T 1 -i:__H.r. :*


the citslom lo go out to the w<Kids. n troo and bring it into tin* village, wliero a


it was ami .still i.s in many parts In


district, for whereas in tin-Smitti of England, pi „uartcr days are Cliristm;i.s 1-ad.v tl


-------1—V oariy summer, or oven on .Mid-siiininer Day, ............-I


Lomiix, RibchcriU-r. Mare or gs'lding, two Years old, foaled in 1919: 1, C. N. and It.. .1. (rrap|)OS-l-^iimx. Tlireo 3'cars old, fojilwi in 1018: 2, T. Simp.son, MitUm. Brood nmre m fo,al. fojil at foot, or cvrti(i<*<l to proihicr' one in 1921: 2. 0. N. and B. J. TriippL'fi-Lomax.


HEAVA' HOB-SES.—Best, roll or lilly, in 1921; 1, C. .N. ami U. .1. TrapiKw-


POULTB'Y.- ■Black r«\ game co ck :,l and .................


I summarising the re- Any ,


it ifl Bct up nmid ptoplo cut branriifs em on even* house. Tho intention of Uieso


I l l


rTrix'^^nVrits'and iia's 3, \Y. Firth; Road. Black rod game hen: 1 ' o f " « t o ^ eon. and 3, AY. Firth; 2, R. S. Min^lon. C lUior^;.


ho says, ‘ ‘ In spring or birt i; 2. R -h. Mar^eii.^ i ,"r *S. m3 oii;j


Filth. Andalusian cock: 1 and special, J. Banka, Salxlon. Old English


h ' “ 'i:V 'V. ^ w j " S


o in tho wiKxis. and fasten Hon: 1, AV. birth; 3, 1. AAiLson. I';;'!*’*' .4, 'I’l... iwfxxnLinn ftf


•


general rojoiemg. 'Or tin- giinio liantam cwk: 3, ’I’. Wilson, CliUK-r.^ Aiiv \*anetv cxcept game, cock: 2, 1. niiwn.


OliUieroo. He'D: 2, 11. S. MaTvden. Modern ..............AVilson, ClithenK*.


THE SH mmCItD'S .FIND. Tbo.se wore but a fow ot similar blexks cf


gold di.scovcrod in Australia under equally diwmatic conditions. While a luUvo shepherd named Kerr, w^is tending liis sheep ono day. hi.s attention was arre.stcd by \ yellow rv'ck


iiotition. iV nt'W ;;rnnd stiiiiil witli K'litiiin projecting a few inches almvo tlie .'wil. In hi. accommodation for I.’JIK) Inid been erixltal. 'l liis year’s president of tho sliow i.s Jlr. .1. Astley Birtwistle, of Picn-singtou, luul llio


l^xcitcm'ontJ nt blu' disrowry ho rnn to Totch h's master; tho rock w;ls unearthed and proved to bo a nugget of two hundredweighU, from which 160 pf^ninds of jmrq gold were later cxLrat'ted. A fow years later anotlior niomstor nugget


nin diggers. Byev ami H.'iltiniuin, at Hill Knd, in New S«»uth Wales. For long .and wisiry imuiths these two men h.ad dug in v.iin for gold until tlo'ir bud luck lud almost jKuvstsl into a proverb. I’.very pomiy of their small ea]>ital was exhausted, nud tliey were living on the eh.'irity of .*


1 few friendly ,*rnd more fortun-


The rcatrictisl ahoul to abandon their cla’m in despair, tlie pick of one of them struck .i luigget, 4ft. 9ins. long, 5ft. 3in.s. wide, and 4in.s. thick—.i bliK-k of almost pure gold which Uiey sold for £29.600.


H. Iddon Rlwavds


,1. Iddoii .. H. .lohu'^ui


LK|


T. Mdfiii. c - H. Norltuiw. H. Idilon. e 1 J. Iddoii. > \ U. .lohn.'ion.


Edwards, c a| N, Hallidiiy. A. U'vland.


E. Ingiiatii. Hi T. H.argroiivu’f H. .'’^umii'-r. tl


(whicli the


wa.s kept up at Holton- fires, knoivn as the Heltano fires, wore. " Tbo follnw


- “ Mischief on


■ ly kindled \vitli great ceremony on the 1st An arkc*, a taiwinncit is, i May.” (Fraser Golden Bougii, vol. U., page Slude up of white tJioin f 254). and thoi-o Ls some oWdence that Ikvltano 'I’he quohatioiw from Sir


SUO..O us -------------- -


ina oon- j/uvuuuu ' ' '........


former- Or branch, “ •‘•1 •*


18th) century “ Boltano lirea were Jiglited all How oncli held turns a st . , i over the country on tha Kvo of May Day.”


p 105) states that far into la.st (that is tbo *i.„i.


; This, liowovor, socrafl to bo too broadly stated. Made green and ti inin o “V tim contriirHiglilancU of Scotland bon-


*------ , '


rents hero ai-o mvonalily payable ^rly ui . . ^Mav Dav beforo the house of a bo- ■»r._ _ . .J __I..


, l fhn nirtivi Uiuni VJi


. nion Kiiropcan custom of placing n green ” “n,„jdCTi probably originated


iKMilires aro litjori-May Day Lve, and Mr. Knirit ” Tlio custom of plantaug green Oraig Gibson ( “ Ancient.Customs and Super- ?P . ' iM^foro o\‘ery house oil Mny.,L>ay is BREATH-TAKING STORIES stitions of Cumberland,” Trans, of Histone ,,


|,iio fertilising power of


Society of Laneasliiro and Cliosliiro Vol. X., tliu-s aimaoa to m _


tlio tree


i„.,f ni,„i. ic SI,A “ Como my Connna, come, and coming inarKe pnrk


„i|udod to in Herriclis “ Hesiwridcs.” .


eaeh streot


lioiiso a bough, ' h,«h neatly eiiUsrwovc.”


„ ; h, -..ocs see how ^___


James Frazer .show have just


, I


- GOLDFIELUS. ------------


ROI HFIELDS The recent dramatic discovery in Califoriiia


of a nuggot of gold “as iicavy as a man” (its actual weight is 142lb6.), recalls mauy a for­ gotten romance of such sudden and sensational acquiring of riches.


is that of wliich ono Oliver Martin was the hord. For moutlis Mariiu and a companion named Flower had been prospecting for gold to no pui'poso. Worn out by hardship and half-dead from starvation, they were on the point of abaiidoning tho quest in despair, when Fato administered her last crushing blow. Tlio minors were ovoilakeu by a terrible storm in with Plowor was drowned. Martin, wt*ak though ho was, set to work to dig his fallen c«nuiado*s grave at the foot of a tree, and had


One of tlio most remarkablo of Uiese stories "


£ 7 ,0 0 0 For Digging a Grave.


OF, THE w a n b e r e i^^


Wliitauiitidc vl have obt-jiiiu'd f a record no Tuesday they . Motors grounJ only aito.r a I litttng <onclusl ti’resUng gamJ Biittiug lii*hl


Hibblefedalo


worn down I shown goiMi i


liowever, and the score was L had rearhetl after rontribr nianilc fell u| welcome aggii round tlu' vrni hit more lro«el.^ tury, carried •^ras l'iGwlf'<l. ■ credit audi


. than tho lotail w’hon a “ sta>| Little need


w'Qs the reply i and F>l\'.irds| bowb'r. by f ]Kitionily and j iuovitable will


luid 80 on iht'f wickett-. riioii


l»owl. Witli tf he had Ubloul balls iJitoT. 1 PreiHiy got. lv| Ivinson *' ran men in qunk


wnt-h tJio :| Parkin.soii’s


ouo—hi-3 I He had the 3j aji<l corUiinh


UIBlUdl J. ^UtcheU. t|


.W. l)aw*.son. J. S;anp-on. ■ J. Ihirkmson.


E. Sumdrin;: R. Hudson. Preedy, c Fxil H. Scott,, c Hi T. Scott, notf F. Hudson. ^ J. Brooks, c


Brooks lilt Ne\| the fimil total r hat for 22—,a L


otf tho nuwk T things looked


Pri<dv J. Brook’ s J. Parkinson]


■WnAl.LKYj 'Hi., Abl*el


matciies wii!.I tho I xi ursioil


sirotl autt t j they ha<l to j :m o.xuiim;-: sca.sidi' em Ul AVith Blat


thi-jr ninth till* last ov«; prove fatal < came to the i and tlie gau.] AVhallev


i*)r Uu!i Vi rijpixs iMirly a inerr>' or 18. Sb ady I witli L. Gia lOlleagUfS w| sot for JLnotif Howart'ii - t-il sha w .soL‘re I giv«-n an id'l nuui \Vh:il!o;f K)uiulan*‘ Giadwull lu| tli»‘ U‘t.at ‘


ra.yb‘ its appearanco at BallaraL A |virty of miners h.ad worked a d.t3in to a depth of 60 y'ards, when one of them struck with his pick- 4


LX0 a hard, irregularly shaped which, on


being unearthed, proved to bo a block of al­ most puro gold, 20 inchea kmg, one foot widu. and 7 inclu»s de^-p. Ita wx^ight was almost a hundred-wo’ght and a qnnrtor, and ita valutr £9,325. It W.VS tho periodical \hacovery at B.allnnit


of these monster niiggeta which fired tho blood o^f tho ontiro world in the f.or away fifties, and ifuido even proviir YorksVre farmeni dream nightly of gold. But ovcm


other romanci* to riv.oj tliat of the di.vovery of two huge nuggets within .a few days in the .‘vime d.vm. The story runs th.*it four miner> ha<l worke<l their claim down to a depth of alvout 60 feel, when ono of them brought to light a nugget weighing iioarlv a hundredweight ^.-orthM .6m 1„ their joy ,at such .-i rirli


i Ballarat has no and worth £5,500. . . , .


Ireasure trovo the men ahnnd^Miod Iho ihggtng and took their nugget] with tihoin to England. They hiul Roarcoly k-ft Ballarat when their sue cessors in the chaim, with .almost tho first slrQko of «a pick, tuirned ovei* .another nug-


£7,000.


TtTEAT TTCKETS, RKEWFBS WKTORTS, i jX CirTTiKRY. Etc. Maker of Lock


Benicfl, Counter Btilnncoa, etc., for all pnr- POAOA.


James Crossley,


Works: HIGH STREET, (near Station,) BLACKBURN.


t,*> I


H. Fdg - W. U. Hoi ( ’. Burton I 1j. .\spiruii N. HalUwl


Noiihcr H*’ writ*’ hoinr Black^KoI I


Howarth all anen wa.s :dl m:m and III mg i«» all a| cumbiiiatioiT wu-Uiu^ !*'| “ SlttiT “ alily ilri'p}'’! «on.‘iuiorabl>|


,1. IMei-. A. Lang-h'^ L. (irLvn.


.1. II. Itanl G. H. IbKbf Nixon. Hiwl A. H. Craif ,1. (In-eri, \Y GrLs'Uw|


U. VarbA. W. iMikuiail


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