Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection (1962, R.W.Foster)
Source:
*Mr. R. W. Foster (Inf.)
*Memories of Mansfield [Oak Apple Day and Bonfire Night]
*Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection,
Com. 1962, Ref.DD/121/2/15
*This entry to an essay competition includes the following items of
folklore:-
"MAY 29TH, OAK APPLE DAY
May 29th Oak Apple Day, nettles used on people without a spray of leaves.
The wise boy wore his oak leaves, armed himselves with a stinging nettle and
carried a few dock leaves for first aid just in case.
BONFIRE NIGHT
Wood collecting for Bonfire Night children would sing,
Bonfire Night, stars shine bright,
Three little angels dressed in white,
Can you eat a biscuit, can you smoke a pipe,
Can you go a courting at ten O'clock at night."
Variant: b
Scan/Image
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
*Mansfield, Notts. (SK5361)
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| Years: |
*Com. 1962
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| Subjects: |
*May 29th; Oak Apple Day; Bonfire Night; Song
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| People: |
Nottinghamshire Local History Council (Col.); Mansfield Chronicle & Advertiser (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00374;
P.T.Millington Collection, Transcript
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* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
Last Updated Apr 1987 by Peter Millington.
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