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gods mere grief tncken at the expected calamity his mother fngga travelled the morki asking all irving things not to harm her son and all willingly gae their promise hap psoas mgned again legend of the etu god balder led such a charmed life that no harm could befall him on das of festi val a favorite pastime was to hurl mis ilea at this invulnerable hero and all fell harmless at his feet but among thegud there lived a selfish being named loki he mas fierccl jeal ckis of the popularity of balder and decided to put an end to hi reign he dssgutsed himself ment to balder s mother and discovered that in her travels mhen be made supplication to all to spare her on there was one tin plant gromin4 oa- oak trees on the distant mountains that he bad failed to v iu loki collected the oldest and toughest apngs ol mistletoe with thoe he made a pomerful spear sja1 arxl on his rrturn searched out hatler a blind gutl 11 atraleg i ai imlucrl hader to throw the shaft it pierced haklcr heart and bis spirit travelled m the uiiicnoril there mere great umcnution ami jl the god a plradctl tlh he ruler o thr undermorld to rcltmm luklcr l i il he consented on c mill tun thit ecr creature tum miep r hr return thr hole popuul n of the muru tarinl to mtep mh the cvcrpli n f i w some sortx- irvemta tell us that ultrr lives to this la in the un lrrirl 1 tut in others their i 4 ha ft en i nc i r balder tr i ue an i hr k i r the mistletoe t the k l i 1 e 1 keep r rt rmn it rrtc rt a kt parliment once banned christ mas for si 1 teen carsl three ccn tunes ago the puntani decided it mas superstitious and resolved to have nothing to domith it in 1044 the lords and commons accordinglv ordered so- called christmas da to be kept as a fast instead of a feast but it survived and many of its quaint traditional cus toms have lasted into our own da man llmyd or hol man for instance is still practised in some welsh villages a party of v illagera chosen for their quick wit and aptitude at rhvming dress up as mummers the leader cov ering cellar on christmas bc someone in the hnuc would die before next christmas the west country has been rich in ancient customs one of the most pic turesque mas that of visiting the principal orchards on christmas fcvc saluting a chosen tree u ith an incantatton then sprinkling it 1th cider or dashing a bowl or jug of it affninst thp trunk this mas to ensure plentiful bearing in theenauing car at warleggan the trees fcerc hailed uith here s to thee old apple tree hats full lacks full hurrah and firevff the gun sugar cake mere often laid on the branches to propitiate the spirit of the apple harvest himself in a long whit sheet and horse s head adorned with colored ribbons round the village they go from door to door these have been shut and barred to them begging for permission to sjng telling nf coui hard inter da s and asking f r food and drink those inside lament in turn that the are poor and ha e little to spare and this leads t a nierrv contest in singing and rh ming rch part capping the other this mav continue for half an hour until those inside fail to find a rhvnung rit rt then the loor is orned and the rrvelirrs are melcomed inside in the old das in wales mhen the cs i tf christmas cotnpam gathered round the llamtng n ule lo u i x led furtirl tl the sha w ur fr en i flung on the wall ii the ih t w ppeired hn i t ni ner ull lie wthin a vtir ii 1 h p irll ii ihr t k i t 1 it r it r wassailing a custom of scandinavian origin is still observed by shepherds and farm laborers in some parts of the north of ln gland they go from door to door singing quaint rhvmes and carrying mazers or wooden bowls decked with evergreens and ribands for offerings some of these mazers curiously carved ha e been handed down from father to son for generations and date from the reign of charles i there are still people in remote parts of ireland u ho txlirve that on christmas l r judas iscariot is allowed to revisit the earth and anne who 1 xikn into a mirror that mht ill mt either juiijh or the lev il lt ring rr ins hhtiuldt r another lnh suiwrtil ion is that on i hnsthia hr thi if l hill is out il nr n thr hrk inlr it 1 1 liilht him n i 1 1 lit 1 j lu the hi t us stoftdy the first christmas 1 carol singers carol singers were originalk the watchmen empluv ed long ago l the citv conijume the watchmen mere in those dav called a ts ami that is mhv we orortinin call carol singers watts to lav the star still shires as n thjt n kht tlivitie r i ha p ch i iren 1 k tl ar the tail jihmf it jn il- miftk fcleim we i ii w rsb l t thr t hr at h i 1 jen i lu ttih in t 1 k1 t in 1 wiealha u rvtf irs 11 11 nnl ii i 1 iver ii a t r i ah i at c m tf tl rr li te fa e n i m hrr ixrast a i n italtv h trail 1 krutj sprnule tkuiwday mvtwntl 15th 10m from submtrged stttpui and buritd chaptlt ariit ltgndb of chrittma chimts nlar the lnglish town nf raleigh in nottinghamshire ts a valley in which according to tradition an entire village lies buried centuries ago it was swallowed up by an earthquake and with it a magnificent old saxon church whose wonderful peal of bells had long been famous all over the countryside every christmas morning people would gather from far and wide to hear these celebrated chimes writes m l stollard and after their disappearance so tradition tells us the bells still continued their ancient custom and could be heard from beneath the ground ringing their christ mus greeting less than a century ago ue hear of parents telling their children to go to the valley un christmas morning and place their ears to the ground so that they could hear the merry chimes of these long lost bells in the old yorkshire fishing town of whitbv a similar legend is told it is said that some danish pirates stole the belts from the old abbey of st hilda intending to carr them away to den mark but thur evil designs were frua trated for the ship broke to pieces almost immediate on the yorkshire rocks and the entire crtw were drowned ihe bells disappeared under the waveay but every christmas morning tnc pay their tribute to the great birthday and can be heard ringing thtir old triumphant peals far down under the water in several coast towns we hear of this ancient tradition that lost church bells ring agamy all down the last coast cspcciallv where the encroaching waves have wiped out so man old villages and hamlets the inhabitants declare that on christmas morning thev can hear dis tinctl the chmuh fr mi countless sunken stciplrs below the waves during the 16th centurv w hen the monasteries were dissolved b order of ltnry the light h u shipload of bells were sent abroad to b mtu and melted down here ag un th vesstl was dogged by disaster it foundered mysteriously ust outside arniouth with all hands on board and thr bells were st in the sea but to this da the yarmouth fishermen pauitc on their oars on christmas morning and listen t the mufhled ptala from under the water mingling with the louder chimes of the parish church the submerged land of lyonesse off the coast of cornwall was once a flourish ing district thicklv populated m ith people the saxon chronicles tell us that in 1000 the sea overflowed the land and swahowetf it up completely including its one hundred and fortv churches all through the centurus thwe church bells were said to ring aain at christmas time and the cornish peasant r used to go out in boats on christmas morning to listen for these ghostly chime booming be neath the murmuring sea another legend of phantom christmas in in emus from the 1 ancashire cfssst where a little savon rhael said to havs i ten built b kink arthur disappeared wbolesalr mt jhr in during a tretnen i ua storm bukyrvrrv christmas mora mi the chiixl bells ran tte heard ringing ut tbt if tl i savin tunes to herald th r al hirlh i i in uiiiimtiiik thtre is also a weird tt i nd of a str mr slow curfew bell which rink it ni trri m far out at sea eer c hnatnias i ve i k r 0 toiletries r fat man art womni in yanunya hi 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