Author: afterwards LIDDELL TYTLER (Christina Catherine Fraser)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Enid Porter
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000155978
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 467

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Enid Porter spent many years collecting and recording from Cambridgeshire people the folk beliefs and customs held and observed in the country, both past and present. The subjects covered in the book, first published in 1969, range from the folklore of courtship, marriage, birth and death, of trees and plants and the whole world of nature to traditional Cambridgeshire food and drink; from ghosts and witchcraft and the cure of disease to charity and land-letting customs. The traditional occupations of the county, as well as the dress worn by the workers in the various crafts and the tools and implements they used, are also recorded, and there are accounts of various Cambridgeshire sports and pastimes. There is a section on University customs, ranging from the ancient procedure observed at examinations and degree ceremonies, through College Stamps and Mock Funerals, to the appointment made formerly of a Christmas Lord in the Colleges. Miss Porter spent most of her life in Cambridge and her mother’s family have lived there since the sixteenth century, so she includes information based on her own observations and on those of members of her family. The Fenland material has largely been provided by W. H. Barrett, well known through his collections of Fen Tales.

Author: Charles Cardale Babington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridgeshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Author: Charles Cardale Babington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge, History of
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Author: Chip Colquhoun
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969059
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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Why is Cambridgeshire so flat? Probably because of all the giants who used to stomp around it! If you travel to or live in the land of Cambridgeshire, you could be walking in the footsteps of monsters, kings... or even the Devil!Journey through time to meet the giant-slayers of Saxon times, the shapeshifters of Tudor times, women who were incredible survivors... and even Victorian men who travelled on two legs faster than a steam train! What is truth, and what is myth? Decide for yourself after reading these tales of Cambridgeshire – the home of heroes from history.

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1072

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Author: Benedict Le Vay
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 1841624276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Cambridge is a popular city for international tourists, keen to take a behind-the-scenes look at this old English university city's people and places. Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city's architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.

Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on London Government
Publisher:
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1142

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