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1 to 9 of 9 entries in February

2 February

Folklore from the old calendars

Barristers put out of commons for not dancing No longer kept LondonAt Lincoln's Inn the whole bar was expected to dance before the judges on Candlemas Day, according to the ancient order of the society.
The judges’ dance round the coal fire No longer kept LondonOn Candlemas Day the judges and serjeants feasting in the Temple hall kept an ancient custom of dancing round the coal fire while singing an old French song.

Shrove Tuesday

Folklore from the old calendars

Fitz-Stephen’s Shrovetide No longer kept LondonThe earliest account of Shrovetide sport in England comes from William Fitz-Stephen, who died in 1191.
The apprentices’ Shrove Tuesday No longer kept LondonUntil a few years before Hone wrote, Shrove Tuesday was the great holiday of the London apprentices.
The Pancake Greaze Still kept LondonAt eleven on Shrove Tuesday a verger of Westminster Abbey with a silver baton led the school cook, in white apron, jacket and cap, into the schoolroom carrying a pancake.

Ash Wednesday

Folklore from the old calendars

Rods for Lent at St Mary-at-Hill No longer kept LondonBefore the Reformation the London parish of St Mary-at-Hill bought rods for the penitential discipline of Lent.
The King’s Cock Crower No longer kept LondonThrough Lent an officer of the royal household called the King's Cock Crower used to crow the hours each night within the palace instead of calling them like a watchman, in memory of the cock that called St Peter to repentance.

42 days before Easter, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

Sham battles on the Sundays in Lent No longer kept LondonOn every Sunday in Lent in the twelfth century, crowds of young Londoners rode out into the fields after dinner on trained war horses.

26 February, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Clerk of Bow Bell Still kept LondonA cockney is said to be anyone born within the sound of Bow bells, though Chambers notes that Stow never mentions the saying.

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