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ButlerV Memoirs of Bishop Hildesley, 359quartered and put into a basket, which a man carries ; afe do. two others the sacks; when the procession begins, consisting of men, women, and children.6 The spQt t appropriated for the scrambling for the Pies and Ale is about a quarter of a mile south of the town, a small oblong bank, iq yards long and 6 wide; with a small old trench round it, and a circular hole in the centre ; and is called Hare-Pie Bank. After they have left the town, the man with the bread walks towards the Bank; and, as he proceeds, at times throws the pieces of bread before him, which is eagerly caught by the boys which surround him, the bread being all distributed before they arrive at the spot destined for the scrambling for the Pies and Ale. As soon as the men with the sacks arrive at the Bank, the Pies and Ale are tumbled promiscuously out of the sacks into the hole in the centre, when a scene of noise and confusion takes place, and bloody noses and bruised fingers are often the consequence ; one will seize a piece of the Pie, or a bottle of the Ale; a second will trip up his heels, and fall upon him ; and a third pprhaps seize and keep possession of the prize, until a fourth serves him the same ; and so on, until four or five fellows agree to form a party, and assist each other in bearing away the wished for bottle to a convenient place, and there divide the spoil. The afternoon is spent in festivity, ringing of bells, .fighting of cocks, quoits and such like exercises, by HaUaton and the neighbouring youth/Much of the high price of this work is made necessary by the great number of engravings with which it is embellished. In this volume they are very thickly strewed, and will certainly contribute materially to the gratification of the purchaser.Another portion of this history has lately appeared: but w ehave not yet perused it.
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Monthly Review
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Aug 01, 1800
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