An interesting rural custom is celebrried in the pretty Derbyshire village of Tissington, just prior to the Whitsun festival. This is known far dull wide as tiSahgten well dressing. The tradition,ls that once ufi'on a tinie there was a great drought in tho land, when pastures were burned bare, rdbust titers wasted to a trickle, and there was suffering frdfti want 6f water. Biit ho the very end of this rainless time the five wells of fissingtbh fan full and clejlr. So the jjratefjil villagers one day dressed the wells With flowers' and marked it as a holiday for all time. Tlte custom is very old. . T|ie. Shahi had he riot abandoned his iifc tended viaib to England; would have jfeesSnlgo* k tabatiere, bdveffea with brilliants dhd valued at 50,000 francs, to the Queeu. He has now presented the gem to the Queen of Holland.
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Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 2
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145Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 2
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