Copy 1, Volume 1

The every-day: or, everlasting calendar of popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to each of the three hundred and sixty-five days, in past and present times / [William Hone].

  • Hone, William, 1780-1842
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The every-day: or, everlasting calendar of popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to each of the three hundred and sixty-five days, in past and present times / [William Hone]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EVERY-DAY BOOK TABLE BOOK; _ Cverlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, SPORTS, PASTIMES, CEREMONIES, MANNERS, z CUSTOMS, AND EVENTS, INCIDENT TO Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES; e FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR, MONTHS, AND SEASONS, AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC; INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER, RULES FOR HEALTHY AND CONDUCT, REMARKABLE -AND IMPORTANT ANECDOTES, FACTS, AND NOTICES, IN CHRONOLOGY, ANTI QUITIES, TOPOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, AND GENERAL LITERATURE; DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, AND VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS, WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS, For Daily Use and Diversion. BY WILLIAM HONE. I tell of festivals, and fairs, and plays, I tell of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers, Of merriment, and mirth, and bonfire blaze ;_ Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers ; I tell of Christmas mummings, new year’s day, I tell of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of twelfth-night king and queen, and children’s play ; Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes ; I tell of Valentines, and true-love’s-knots, I tell of groves, of twilights, and I sing Of omens, cunning-men, and drawing lots The court of Mab, and of the fairy-king, Herrick. WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS. IN THREE VOLUMES. mo FORoh LONDON: : PUBLISHED, BY ASSIGNMENT, FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE; AND SOLD BY RICHARD GRIFFIN AND CO,, GLASGOW ; AND JOHN. CUMMING, DUBLIN. 183!.