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1 to 8 of 8 entries in July

1 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

St Tegla’s Well No longer kept DenbighshireAmong the holy wells Chambers gathers under 1 July, St Tegla's in Denbighshire was the resort of sufferers from the falling sickness, and it asked more of them than most.
St Winifred’s Well Still kept FlintshireOn 1 July 1652 John Taylor, the Water Poet, visited St Winifred's Well at Holywell, which Chambers calls the most famous holy well in the three kingdoms.

1 July

Folklore from the old calendars

Upland hay harvest on the first of July No longer kept WalesIn the Welsh uplands the hay harvest was begun on the first of July.

12 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Bangor Bells Lore and belief CaernarfonshireChambers collects stories of judgements said to have fallen on those who sold off church bells at the Reformation.

19 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Sin-eater No longer kept Herefordshire, Shropshire, WalesAubrey recorded that in Herefordshire poor people were hired at funerals to take on the sins of the dead.

25 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

Corpse Candles Lore and belief CarmarthenshireIn Wales the exhalations seen in churchyards, called corpse candles, were taken as a sign of a funeral to come.

27 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Hollow Oak of Nannau Lore and belief MerionethshireIn the park of Nannau stood an ancient hollow oak that Pennant called Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll, the hollow oak, the haunt of demons.
The Three Grains of Idris Lore and belief MerionethshireOn the way to Nannau, Hone's account of the country below Cadair Idris passes a small lake called Llyn y Tri Graienyn, the lake of the three grains.

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