WALES.
At Tenby one of the benefit clubs marched through the town bearing the leek in their hats. In the evening a ball took place, at which artificial leeks were worn by both sexes.—Mason, Tales and Traditions of Tenby, 1858, p. 19.
March 1.] SIMNEL SUNDAY.
March 1.]
SIMNEL SUNDAY.
Simnel Sunday is better known as Mid-Lent or Mothering Sunday, and was so called because large cakes called Simnels were made on this day.
Bailey in his Dictionary (fol. 1764, by Scott,) says, Simnel is probably derived from the Latin Simila, fine flour, and means a sort of cake, or bun, made of fine flour, spice, &c.
Frequent mention is made of the Simnel in the household allowances of Henry the First.
“Cancellarius v solidos in die et i Siminellum dominicum, et ii salum, et i sextarium de vino claro, et i sext. de vino expensabili, et unum grossum cereum, et xl frusta Candell.”—Libr. Nigr. Scaccarii, p. 341.