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26 to 33 of 33 entries in November

23 November

Folklore from the old calendars

The smiths’ ode for St Clement No longer kept LondonThe secretary of the Benevolent Institution of Smiths, writing from Southwark in 1825, asked Hone not to forget St Clement, the smiths' saint.

25 November

Folklore from the old calendars

Cathar’ning No longer kept England, KentSt Catherine was the patron of spinsters, and on her day young women met to make merry together, which was called Cathar'ning.
Five hundred lights round St Paul’s steeple No longer kept LondonOn the evening of St Catherine's Day 1553, five hundred great lights were carried round the steeple of St Paul's in her procession.
The ropemakers’ Queen Catherine at Chatham No longer kept KentOn St Catherine's night the ropemakers of Chatham dockyard carried a woman dressed as Queen Catherine, founder of the ropery, through Chatham, Rochester and Brompton by torchlight.

27 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

Lord Lyttelton’s warning Lore and belief SurreyThomas, second Lord Lyttelton, a notorious rake, told friends that a bird had fluttered at his window and a woman in white had warned him he would die at midnight on the third day.

27 November

Folklore from the old calendars

The Great Storm sermon in Little Wild Street No longer kept LondonEvery year on 27 November a sermon was preached at the Baptist chapel in Little Wild Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in memory of the Great Storm of 1703.

30 November

Folklore from the old calendars

Sheep’s heads for St Andrew No longer kept LondonSinged sheep's heads, an old homely dish of Scotland, were carried in the procession of the Scots in London on St Andrew's Day.
Squirrel hunting on St Andrew’s Day No longer kept KentOn St Andrew's Day the labourers of Eastling and the neighbouring Kent parishes gathered with guns, poles and clubs and spent most of the day roaming the woods with loud shouting.

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