The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 203
stmas), wasbrought into the house with greatceremony. Among the favoriteChristmas games were giving rid-dles, Hot Cockles, Snap Dragon(See Halloween), Forfeits, anddancing. The Christmas dish wasa boars head, which was brought inon a silver platter with much cere-mony. The custom of… … Satan. woods would take refuge in it dur-ing the cold of winter. The Puri-tans disapproved of Christmas rev-elry, and put a stop to it largelywhen they came into power. Thelast Lord of Misrule in Englandis said to have been appointed in1627. In many parts of Europe it is cus-tomary for a man with a…
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