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linage of this Saint used to be placed in the 

 market places, and crowned with flowers ad 

 levandum omen* 



On the Festival of St. Barnabas, June 11, 

 several superstitious rites used to take place. 

 Garlands of Roses and Woodroof used to be 

 worn; girls used to be paid for gathering them, 

 and they were paid for out of the parish ac- 

 counts, like the Ribands on Trinity Sunday, 

 and the Fern, called Red yr Mair, which the 

 Welch strew before their doors on the Eve of 

 Trinity Thursday. 



This day was also called Sunstede, because 

 Old St. Barnabas occurred, according to the 

 ancient style, about the summer Solstice. 

 Hence the proverb 



" Barnaby Bright, Barnaby Bright, 

 The longest day and the shortest night." 



On the Day of Corpus Christi, June 14, 

 similar customs prevailed, and very pompous 

 processions used to march, of people personating 

 Jesus Christ and the Saints, with their appro- 

 priate emblems : thus, a Lady represented St. 

 Catherine with her wheel; a Lamb was carried 

 before St. John ; figures of winged Angels were 



* Aubaniis, p. 282 See also Regnum Papisticum, by 

 Naorgeorgus. 



