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" I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings and did fetch in maypoles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers... "
Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers - Page 83
by John Nicholl - 1851 - 610 pages
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Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms ...

Edward Moor - English language - 1823 - 562 pages
...with' Q. (Catherine, accompanied . by many lords and ladies. And that "every parish,"and sometimes tw,o or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and did fetch in Maypoles, with diverse warlike.shows, with good archers, morris dancers, and other devices, for...
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The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, Volume 1

English literature - 1823 - 442 pages
...pursuits. Stow tells us, "In the month of May, the citizens (of all estates), in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and did fetch ш May-poles with divers warlike shows, with good archers, morrice-dancers, and other devices for pastime...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 3

1824 - 394 pages
...most and least, to fetche tlie B. juris fresh, and braunch and blome;" and Stowe states, that '• in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, in every parish, or sometime two or three parishes adjoining together, had tlieir several Mayings,...
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A Picture of the Manners, Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the Inhabitants ...

Jehoshaphat Aspin - England - 1825 - 330 pages
...month of May," says Stow, " the citizens of London, of all estates, generally in every parish, andin some instances, two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and fetched their May-poles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers, morrice-dancers, and other devices...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...arbours made of boughes, and deckt with flowers, they were set and served plenti" I find also, that d@ /( / / lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joyning together, had their severall Mayings,...
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The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements ...

William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...retinue, to enter the greene wood, where, in arbours made of boughes, and deckt with " I find also, that in the month of May, the citizens of London (of all estates) lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joyning together, had their severall Mayings,...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...contentment, and had other pageants, and pastimes; as yee may read, in my said " I find also, that in the month of May, the citizens of London (of all estates) lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joyning together, had their several! Mayings,...
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The Journal of Health, Volume 2

Hygiene - 1831 - 410 pages
...flowers and shrubs, and from its top streamed flags and handkerchiefs of many colours. lales, that "in the month of May, the citizens of London (of all estates) lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joyning together, had their several Mayings,...
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Festivals, Games & Amusements, Ancient & Modern

Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 386 pages
...and with the harmony of birds praising God in their kinde." He subsequently adds, " I find also that in the month of May the citizens of London of all estates had their several Mayings, and did fetch in Maypoles with divers warlike shows, with good archers,...
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Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the English

Jehoshaphat Aspin - Amusements - 1832 - 302 pages
...villages ; but, formerly, London itself was not without them. " In the month of May," says Stow, " the citizens of London, of all estates, generally...parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and fetched their Maypoles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers, morrice-dancers, and other devices...
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