When did England Adopt Kissing?

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 364, 26 May 1928, Page 22

When did England Adopt Kissing?

Odd Facts and Dates events in early centuries There are many important events - cordfcd against them, especially ir. the early tent .Hes; in some cases even the . ear : - " t - btfuh and it Is not impcssble that in a few the record may be mythitaL Frequent discrepancies are h. h rer. t - . - -s. ®o that the following dates cannot r critical exactness, but it is hoped - at the facts themselves will provide -me interest and provoke discussion ir. literary gatherings says “The Record." Church be! = introduced by Paulinus or Xoia in Compania—A-D. 401. Crosses first set up in churches about —A_D 421; and on steeples—A-D. 56 5. Archery introduced into England— A.l>. 440. K»=:rg introduced into England by Plowena saluting Vortigem—A-L 1 - 445. First Christian coronation 'Leo L, Emperor o? the East; —A-D. 457. The number of days for the Lenten r Swearing on the Gospels introduced —A.L. 52%: and enforced in the Law Courtis—AD. €vv. The lee* adopted as the Welsh em-blem—A-D. 540. Silkworms introduced into Europe by two Persian monies—AlD. 552. Water-mills invented by the Goths about—A-D. 555. Solemn observance of Ash Wednesday instituted by Gregory the Great about—A-D. 550. The first monastery erected by St Augustine about—A-D. 595. Lord Chancellor first appointed— A-D. M 5. Convents established in England (at Folkestone)—A.D. €2O. The Koran first published—A-D. €25. Parish boundaries fixed in England— A-D. €36. Cotton brought into Europe by followers of Mahomet—AD. €SO. The first glass window in England put in Wearmoat h Church—A.D. 674. Choral service first introduced (in Canterbury Cathedral) —AD. €77.