A correspondent of the Athenæum (No. 993) says that the custom of squirrel-hunting was at one time kept up in this county, but, in consequence of the inclosure of the coppices and the more strict observance of the game, it has wholly dropped.
SCOTLAND.
In Scotland this day is called Andrys Day, Androiss Mess, and Andermess.
Singed sheep’s heads are borne in the procession before the Scots in London on St. Andrew’s Day.—Brand’s Pop. Antiq. 1849, vol. i. p. 415.
STIR UP SUNDAY.
The 25th Sunday after Trinity is called by the schoolboys “Stir Up Sunday,” from the collect used on that day; and they repeat the following lines without considering their irreverent application:
“Stir up, we beseech thee,
The pudding in the pot,
And when we get home,
We’ll eat it all hot.”
Brand’s Pop. Antiq. 1859, vol. i. p. 414; See Times, November 25th, 1863.