Quaint Customs.
For denturioa past only: members of ihe " Ancient Company of Marblers and Stoue%cutterß inhabiting within the town of Corfe Castle, in the island of Furbeok," and sons of members duly bound as apprentices, have been allowed to quarry stone or marble in Purbeck. Every Shrove Tuesday the company holds its annual meeting for " the enrolment of apprentices, the registration of members' marriages, and the discussion of questions affecting the company's rights' and privileges." On Shrove Tuesday the meeting was held as usual. 'The proceedings were strictly private, but it is understood that the apprentices, " upon being accepted into the company have to pay to the wardens 68 Bd, a loaf, and two pots of beer," while every member who has married during the year has to pay 12d to the wardens. To pre serve a right of way over the lands of Rempstone Manor, Dorset, a football and a pound of pepper are carried every year on Shrove luesday by the way in question to a certain house and deposited the e.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1894, Page 3
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174Quaint Customs. Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1894, Page 3
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