Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 200
lace to place with their ballads. Then came the period of Puritan domination under BROADSIDE BALLADS. 1S9 the Commonwealth, when every engine was set towork to suppress popular music and ballad singing, andto sour the English character. The first Act levelledagainst them and stage players was in… … Fi^. 38. — BALLAD SI.NC;:iRS, I-KO.M A IlKOADSIUE. a tavern under twenty shillings salary for two hours,now wander with their instruments under theircloaks (I mean such as have any), to all houses ofgood fellowship, saluting every room where there iscompany with, Will you have any musike,…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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