[667] Staunton’s “Shakespeare,” 1864, vol. i. pp. 147, 148.
[668] See “Book of Days,” vol. i. p. 712.
[669] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. v. p. 206.
[670] See Nichol’s “Collection of Poems,” 1780, vol. iii. p. 204.
[671] See Knight’s “Life of Shakespeare,” 1845, p. 71; Howitt’s “Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons,” 1854, pp. 254-267.
[672] “Polyolbion,” song 14; see Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. ii. p. 34; Timbs’s “A Garland for the Year,” pp. 74, 75.
[673] Introduction to the “Leopold Shakespeare,” p. xci.
[674] “Book of Days,” vol. i. p. 816; see Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” vol. i. p. 314; Soane’s “Book of the Months.”
[675] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. i. pp. 336, 337.
[676] See “British Popular Customs,” pp. 347-351.