...customary for them to play at this game during the Easter holidays for tansy cakes. In ancient times, the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of Newcastle, accompanied by a great number of burgesses, used to go in state every year, at the feasts of Easter and Whitsuntide, to a little mall...

...the walls, called the Forth, a little Mall, where every body walks, as they do in St. James's Park, with the mace, sword, and cap of maintenance carried before them. The young people of the town still assemble there on those holidays, at Easter particularly, play at hand-ball,...

...customary for them to play at this game during the Easter holidays, for tansy cakes. In ancient times, the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of Newcastle, accompanied by a great number of burgesses, used to go in state, every year, at the feasts of Easter and Whitsuntide, to a little mall...

...common council, a wall was built, and lime-trees, brought out of Holland, planted around it in 1680. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen,...which has greatly fallen off within these few years. 1658 (June 22). — In one of the vestry books belonging to Gateshead church, is a copy of a letter...

...common council, a wall was built, and lime-trees, brought out of Holland, planted around it in 1680. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of Newcastle, accompanied by a great nu mber of persons, to proceed every year, at the feasts of Easter and Whitsuntide, to this place,...

...common council, a wall was built, and lime-trees, brought out of Holland, planted around it in 1680. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen,...which has greatly fallen off within these few years. — Bourne. Brand. 1658 (March 19). — "Thomas Smith and Kattren Lawson asked three market dayes in...

...common council, a wall was built, and lime-trees, brought out of Holland, planted around it in 168C. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen,...which has greatly fallen off within these few years. — Bourne. Brand. 1658 (March 19). — " Thomas Smith and Kattren Lawson asked three market dayes...

...common council, a wall was built, and lime-trees, brought out of Holland, planted around it in 1680. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen,...of young people here at these seasons seems to be tho remains of this ancient and simple custom, which has greatly fallen off within these few years....

...from this herb tansey : though I think the stomach of those that eat them late are so squeamish that 1 It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of New. castle-upon-Tyne, accompanied with great numbers of the burgesses, to go every year, at the Feasts...

...especially brought into requisition at the seasons of Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide, and Michaelmas. It was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of the city, accompanied by numbers of the burgesses, to go every year to attend the feasts of Easter...