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1 to 7 of 7 entries in April

3 days before Easter

Folklore from the old calendars

Rice and almonds for Shere Thursday at Barking Abbey No longer kept EssexThe nuns of Barking Abbey marked Shere Thursday, the day before Good Friday, with a special dish from the convent kitchen.

Good Friday

Folklore from the old calendars

The Suffolk Good Friday loaf Lore and belief SuffolkA small loaf baked on Good Friday was hung in a corner of a Suffolk cottage, where it was believed never to go mouldy and to cure diseases such as the bloody flux.

Easter Sunday, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The pasch flower on the Gog Magog Hills Lore and belief CambridgeshireIn Cambridgeshire the old word pasch, meaning Easter, was still given to a flower that bloomed about Easter on the Gog Magog Hills and round about.

Easter Monday

Folklore from the old calendars

The Epping Hunt No longer kept EssexHenry III confirmed to the citizens of London the right to hunt around their city, and the Lord Mayor and aldermen once rode out to hunt in state.
The old women’s trap-ball at Bury No longer kept SuffolkA correspondent told Hone of a ball custom still kept every year at Bury St Edmunds.

20 April, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The first cuckoo Lore and belief NorfolkIn Norfolk it was believed that whatever you were doing when you first heard the cuckoo in spring, you would be doing most often for the rest of the year.

26 April

Folklore from the old calendars

Cowslips called Pagels Lore and belief NorfolkIn Norfolk the cowslip was called the Pagel.

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British Folk Tales and LegendsKatharine Briggs
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