[122] Information by Samuel Marrison, of Castleton, aged 88, in 1901.
[123] Magna Britannia (Derbyshire), p. 442.
[124] Near Sheffield the man who brings the New Year in brings with him a mince pie, a bit of coal, and something to drink, to cause good luck to the house. At Bradwell they have what they call “lucky bags,” things being put into them for good luck.
[125] Hardy’s Miner’s Guide, Sheffield, 1748, p. 28.
[126] Information by Robert Bradwell, of Bradwell, formerly a lead-mine owner, aged 88, and given by him to me in 1901. Among the directions which William Percy gave to his executors in 1344 was one which obliged his executors, on peril of their souls, not to let a poor man depart from his funeral without receiving a penny, or the equivalent of a penny in bread.—Testamenta Ebor. (Surtees Society), i. p. 6.
[127] Bagshaw’s History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Derbyshire, 1846, p. 497.
[128] Mrs. Johnston, of the Peak Hotel, Castleton, told me that at Morley, near Leeds, any neighbour could come into a house on the Sunday morning when the feast began and take a sop out of the pan. They walked straight in and helped themselves. English wakes seem to correspond to the festival of new fruits in other countries. On this subject see Frazer, Golden Bough, ii., 326 seq.
[129] From an article on “Superstitions in the Peak,” in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 14th August, 1906. It was written by Mr. John Pendleton, of Manchester, who has kindly allowed me to mention his name.
[130] Joseph Strutt went to London early in life, and we believe ultimately kept a shop there. He married in the year 1755 a Miss Scott, and from this marriage the Strutts known as the Strutts of Tutbury are descended. His two daughters married in succession Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. From the second of these marriages is descended the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, late Secretary of State for the Colonies, etc.
[131] A History of Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufacture, by W. Felkin, 1867.