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AUCTION BY CANDLE
A quaint custom, over 200 years old, known as tho "Carid'.o Auction," for tho letting of a field at Tat worth, near Chardj* Somerset,, was observed recently. The tenants on tho estate, of which Stowell Meadow forms part, met at the village inn, and during tho burning of an inch of tallow candle made, bids for fronting the ground for a year. Certain fines are imposed which are put into a "kitty," and afterwards' spent upon rofreshm-ents for tho company.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13736, 30 May 1913, Page 2
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83AUCTION BY CANDLE Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13736, 30 May 1913, Page 2
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