At Whitsun young men and maids went out of London to take the air at Stepney or at Green-Goose Fair. Others went to Freeman’s or to Miles’s, or walked the fields behind St Giles’s. Poor Robin listed these holiday outings in the calendar column for Whitsun week.
Green-Goose Fair and the Whitsun walks
Printed under Whit Monday · Stepney, London
No longer kept
Young Men and Maids go take the Air At Stepney, or at Green-Goose-Fair. Some go to Freeman's some to Miles's, Some walk the Fields behind St. Giles's
From Poor Robin's Almanack, An Almanack for 1723, June. Read the original
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