1894 RIGHTE MERRIE CHRISTMASSE The History of CHRISTMAS, 1st Edition JOHN ASHTON

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A righte Merrie Christmasse!!! The Story of Christ-tide By John Ashton. Copperplate Etching of “ The Wassail Song ,” by Arthur C. Behrend. LONDON: Published by the Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50 Leadenhall Street; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 153-157 Fifth Ave. 1894 Above is the complete title page, plus year from WorldCat. First edition — contains frontispiece illustration, The Wassail Song . Printed on thick paper with red frames throughout. An extensive history of Christmas. CONTENTS: Note : Only the first line of chapter contents given below. To the Reader Preface Contents 1. Date of Christ’s Birth discussed — Opinions of the Fathers — The Easter Church 2. Historic Christ-tides in 790, 878, and 1065 — William I., 1066-1085 3. Historic Christ-tides — Edward VI., 1551 — Mary — Elizabeth — James I. 4. Attempts of Puritans to put down Christ-tide — Attitude of the people 5. The popular love of Christmas — Riots at Ealing and Canterbury — Evelyn’s Christmas days 6. Commencement of Christ-tide — “O Sapientia!” — St. Thomas’s day — William the Conqueror 7. Paddington Charity(Bread and Cheese Lands) — Barring-out at Schools 8. The Bellman — Description of him — His verses. The Waits — Their origin 9. Christ-tide Carols — The days of Yule — A Carol for Christ-tide — “Lullaby” 10. Christmas Eve — Herrick thereon — The Yule Log — Folk-lore thereon 11. Christmas Eve in North Notts — Wassailing the Fruit Trees — Wassail Songs 12. Decorating with Evergreens — Its Origin and Antiquity — Mistletoe in Churches 13. Legends of the Nativity — The Angels — The Birth — The Cradles — The Ox and Ass 14. The Glastonbury Thorn, its Legend — Cuttings from it — Oaks coming into leaf on Christmas day 15. Withholding Light — “Wesley Bob” — Wassail Carol — Presents in Church 16. Curious Gambling Customs in Church — Boon granted — Sheaf of Corn for the Birds 17. Ordinance against out-door Revelry — Marriage of a Lord of Misrule — Mummers and Mumming 18. A Christmas jest — Ben Jonson’s Masque of Christmas — Milton’s Masque of Comus 19. The Lord of Misrule — The “Emperor” and “King” at Oxford — Dignity of the Office 20. A riotous Lord of Misrule at the Temple — Stubbles on Lords of Misrule 21. Honey Fairs — Card-playing at Christmas — Throwing the Hood — Early Religious Plays 22. Profusion of Food at Christ-tide — Old English Fare — Hospitality — Proclamations for People to spend Christ-tide at their Country Places 23. The First Carol — Anglo-Norman Carol — Fifteenth Century Carol — “The Twelve Good Joys of Mary” 24. Christmas Gifts forbidden in the City of London — Charles II. and Christmas Gifts 25. Christ-tide Literature — Christmas Cards — Their Origin — Lamplighter’s Verses 26. Carol for St. Stephen’s Day — Boxing Day — Origin of Custom — Early examples 27. St. John’s Day — Legend of the Saint — Carols for the Day — Holy Innocents — Whipping Children 28. New Year’s Eve—Wassail—New Year’s Eve Customs—Hogmany—The Clāvie 29. New Year’s Day — Carol — New Year’s Gifts — “Dipping” — Riding the “Stang” 30. Eve of Twelfth Day — Thirteen Fires — Tossing the Cake — Wassailing Apple-Trees 31. “The King of the Bean” — Customs on Twelfth Day — Twelfth Cakes 32. St. Distaff’s Day — Plough Monday — Customs on the Day — Feast of the Purification BIOGRAPHY: John Ashton (1834-1911), English author, wrote Dictionary of National Biography articles, The History of Gambling in England , Devil in Britain and America , Romances of Chivalry , and A righte Merrie Christmasse . PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: ... read more

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