item: #1 of 9
          id: 14315
      author: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
       title: Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs
        date: None
       words: 27927
      flesch: 69
     summary: Ever since that date, for five hundred years, a boar's head has graced the college table at Christmas.] INDEX. Agape, suggested origin of Church ales, 53 Ales, Church, 52, 53, 57 Alfred, laws relating to holidays, 5 All-hallow Eve, 105 Animals to be hunted, 16 April, 36 Archery, 25--31 Ascension Day, 50 Ascham's accomplishments of English Gentleman, 97 Back-sword play, 81 Baiting bears, bulls, &c., 89 Bale-fires, 50 Ball games, 20, 21, 61--71 Barley-brake, 39 Bath, wakes at, 81 Battledore, 23 Bean, King of, 7 Berks--Old sports, 81 Bessy, 9 Blaize St., 18 Boar's head at Christmas, 123 Bonfires, 6, 57, 106, 108 Book of Sports, 48, 50 Bounds, beating, 50 Bowl, 49 Boy bishop, 116 Bull-baiting, 89 Burning wheel, 59 Butts, 27 Caber-tossing, 38 Candlemas, 18 Carols, 111 _Catherine, St._, miracle play, 99 Charlemagne, 58 Chess, 112 Chester, 41, 48 Choirs, Old, 111 Christmas holidays, 5 customs, 118-126 at Court, 120 Church decoration, 37, 49, 121 Churchwardens' accounts, 34, 36, 42, 54, 72, 100 Church ale, 52, 53, 57 Church house, 53 Cloudslee, William of, 28 Club-ball, 65, 66 Cock-fighting, 23, 24 Cock-throwing, 23 Collop Monday, 19 _Colloquies_ of Erasmus, 113 _Conversion of St. Paul_, mystery play, 98 Country parson, 51 Coventry, 42, 103 _Crafte of Hunting_, 16 Cricket, 38, 61-65 Cross-bow, 27 Cudgel-play, 38 Curling, 39 Customs, local, 4, 5, 6, 12, 20, 24, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 50, 54, 60, 62, 78, 81, 106, 108, 109, 117 Dances, country, on village green, 11 Dancing with swords, 10 December, 115 Dedication festivals, 3 _ He says, The country parson is a lover of old customs, if they be good and harmless.
    keywords: ball; book; century; chapter; christmas; church; country; cricket; custom; day; days; easter; england; english; feast; festival; football; forefathers; game; good; harvest; home; house; king; man; men; merry; night; pastimes; people; place; play; pole; queen; round; sports; time; village; year
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        item: #2 of 9
          id: 14829
      author: Various
       title: Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas
        date: None
       words: 25675
      flesch: 78
     summary: At sunset on Christmas day, after a service in the church, they march to the community-house, where the dinner is waiting. On Christmas eve the churches are open, and the coming of the great day is celebrated by a mass at midnight; and during all of Christmas day mass is held every hour, so that every one may have an opportunity to attend.
    keywords: american; apple; boy; boys; children; christmas; day; eve; flag; gander; general; george; good; house; illustration; jimmy; life; longfellow; man; men; morning; mother; new; people; president; right; things; time; tree; washington; way; white; year
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        item: #3 of 9
          id: 16648
      author: None
       title: Holiday Stories for Young People
        date: None
       words: 68927
      flesch: 86
     summary: Next Astulf came upon numbers of beautiful dolls from Paris, which little girls throw aside because they prefer their dear old bundles of rags with beads for eyes; and one of the biggest hillocks in all the place was formed of a pile of knives lost out of careless schoolboys' pockets. There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling, Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering,
    keywords: amy; aunt; boys; cat; children; cynthia; daughter; day; days; dear; doctor; door; eyes; face; father; girls; golden; good; grace; grandmamma; half; hand; head; help; hetty; home; house; jack; king; lady; long; look; man; mind; miss; money; morning; mother; mrs; need; new; papa; people; place; right; room; school; set; things; thought; time; wainwright; want; water; way; white; work; years; young
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        item: #4 of 9
          id: 19834
      author: Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
       title: Ethel Morton's Holidays
        date: None
       words: 32553
      flesch: 83
     summary: At the height of the race the drawing room door opened and in walked Ethel Blue and Ethel Brown Morton. Helen and Ethel Brown are the decoration committee and I'm the jack-o'-lantern committee, as you know, and Ethel Blue and Dorothy are thinking up things to do and we're all going to add suggestions.
    keywords: baby; blue; brown; christmas; club; day; della; dorothy; edward; elisabeth; ethel; ethel blue; girls; good; helen; house; james; katharine; merriam; miss; morton; mrs; new; people; roger; room; school; time; tom; watkins; way
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        item: #5 of 9
          id: 20795
      author: Dickens, Charles
       title: The Cricket on the Hearth
        date: None
       words: 33198
      flesch: 84
     summary: To see her put that chubby little finger in the bowl, and then blow down the pipe to clear the tube, and, when she had done so, affect to think that there was really something in the tube, and blow a dozen times, and hold it to her eye like a telescope, with a most provoking twist in her capital little face, as she looked down it, was quite a brilliant thing. The Blind Girl's love for her, and trust in her, and gratitude to her; her own good busy way of setting Bertha's thanks aside; her dexterous little arts for filling up each moment of the visit in doing something useful to the house, and really working hard while feigning to make holiday; her bountiful provision of those standing delicacies, the Veal and Ham Pie and the bottles of Beer; her radiant little face arriving at the door, and taking leave; the wonderful expression in her whole self, from her neat foot to the crown of her head, of being a part of the establishment--a something necessary to it, which it couldn't be without,--all this the Fairies revelled in, and loved her for.
    keywords: baby; bertha; caleb; carrier; chirp; cricket; day; dear; door; dot; face; father; girl; good; hand; head; hearth; home; john; man; mrs; night; peerybingle; tackleton; time; way; wife
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        item: #6 of 9
          id: 22404
      author: Anonymous
       title: The Story of the White-Rock Cove
        date: None
       words: 41979
      flesch: 71
     summary: So that in the very short space of time which was occupied by George telling Aleck the case was not hopeless, and the vessel might be found yet, and that he'd be sorry for the wrong words he had said to me, a rapid controversy passed silently between me and my conscience somewhat in this wise:-- _ Shaping themselves into more or less definite plans, came thoughts, too, of the future before me in this world:--I should never be quite happy any more, I thought; but I would try to keep on, like Ralph's father, living for Christ in some way, and grow up to be very good--perhaps I should be a missionary--I was not quite sure on the whole what sphere of life would be the most trying or praiseworthy--and then at last Aleck and I would meet in heaven.
    keywords: aleck; boat; cousin; cove; day; father; frisk; george; god; good; having; help; home; look; mamma; master; moment; morning; mother; papa; rock; room; things; thought; time; way; willie; words
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        item: #7 of 9
          id: 37216
      author: Hendry, Hamish
       title: Holidays & Happy-Days
        date: None
       words: 13898
      flesch: 78
     summary: In old times, it used to be that the priests had a figure of Christ fixed to a crucifix which they carried round the church, treated with great reverence, and ultimately buried solemnly by torchlight. In old times it was usual to have a saint or an angel for one's guardian, and as Michael, according to the Church, was both of these he was popular as a heavenly protector.
    keywords: children; christmas; church; custom; day; days; england; eve; festival; george; king; merry; people; saint; sunday; things; time; year
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        item: #8 of 9
          id: 37581
      author: Dickens, Charles
       title: The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
        date: None
       words: 32954
      flesch: 85
     summary: To see her put that chubby little finger in the bowl, and then blow down the pipe to clear the tube; and when she had done so, affect to think that there was really something in the tube, and blow a dozen times, and hold it to her eye like a telescope, with a most provoking twist in her capital little face, as she looked down it; was quite a brilliant thing. The Blind Girl's love for her, and trust in her, and gratitude to her; her own good busy way of setting Bertha's thanks aside; her dexterous little arts for filling up each moment of the visit in doing something useful to the house, and really working hard while feigning to make holiday; her bountiful provision of those standing delicacies, the Veal and Ham-Pie and the bottles of Beer; her radiant little face arriving at the door, and taking leave; the wonderful expression in her whole self, from her neat foot to the crown of her head, of being a part of the establishment--a something necessary to it, which it couldn't be without; all this the Fairies revelled in, and loved her for.
    keywords: baby; bertha; caleb; carrier; chirp; come; cricket; day; dear; door; dot; face; father; girl; good; hand; head; home; john; kettle; man; mrs; night; peerybingle; tackleton; time; way; wife
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        item: #9 of 9
          id: 46413
      author: Anonymous
       title: Special Days and Their Observance September 1919
        date: None
       words: 50168
      flesch: 75
     summary: (Told by an older pupil--not longer than five minutes) At least three incidents from Lincoln's life given by intermediate pupils Damage to borrowed book Returning of right change Lincoln and the pig Long walk to school Wood chopping for log house Lincoln and his sums Illustrate on sand table Lincoln's log house and the clearing of forest land Recitation, Gettysburg Speech O Captain, My Captain read by teacher Song, My Country 'Tis of Thee Salute flag and give pledge: I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all INTERMEDIATE GRADE PROGRAM Reading of acrostics, using letters of Lincoln's name Make Lincoln booklets Conversational lesson in which each child contributes what he knows or was able to find about Lincoln, the teacher adding interesting items Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech recited by one child Civil War newspaper articles read Patriotic songs chosen by children sung Pledge--I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all PRIMARY PROGRAM Picture of Lincoln in front of room Salute and pledge Song, America Stories about Lincoln selected and read by children from books brought from home or library Recitation, A Prayer for our Soldiers and Sailors, by Oriola Johnson Marching and military exercises with flags Lincoln's early boyhood told by pupil. It will be the duty of this special committee to keep in mind such objects of the play-festival as the promotion of a keener appreciation and a more reverent remembrance of great events and great men and women of our history; the promotion of a deep national patriotism; the promotion of a sense of deep gratitude that we live in such a bountiful and beautiful earth.
    keywords: abraham; america; arbor; blue; boy; children; columbus; columbus day; cotton; country; day; exercises; flag; flag day; forest; freedom; george; girl; glory; god; good; great; heart; history; home; jersey; king; land; liberty; life; lincoln; man; men; morning; nation; national; new; people; play; program; public; pupils; queen; red; right; salute; school; song; spirit; stand; state; teacher; thanksgiving; thy; time; trees; united; use; war; washington; white; work; world; years
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