REVIVAL OF ANT ANCIENT.
CEREMONY. The vicar of the mining village of Selston, Nottinghamshire, discovered recently that years ago loaves of bread -. were annually distributed to tho aged poor on Lammas day, and he accord* - - ingly took steps to revive the custom. An appeal was made, with the result ~: that about a hundred loaves, each con- -. taining a silver coin of varying value "'- ---up to a crown piooe, were sent in* ' These were placed on a large tombstone' "■ in the churchyard, and a number of old folk, the innjority of whom receive poor relief, formed up in double lines. Following a short service, the vicar distributed the loaves, expressing the "~ opinion that Sunday was, after all, the:■ best day that could be chosen for the purposo. ' '
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13611, 21 December 1909, Page 6
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