Griggling

After the orchards had been picked, farmers left the small apples, called griggles, on the trees for the village boys. The boys came with poles and bags, the best climbers going up the trees while the smaller ones pointed out what was left, and ended with a cheer and a share-out. If asked, the leader stood bareheaded before the house and recited the fable of the rude boy stealing apples, and was rewarded with cider, bread and cheese or twopence. Hone’s correspondent said in 1826 that the custom went on in the western hamlets, though many owners had stopped it.