![Lifting - an Easter Custom from William Hone, The Every-Day Book (London, 1826), vol. 1, p. 423](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/files/2016/03/SCM03706_p423compressed-150x150.jpg)
Lifting and Heaving: An Easter Custom
For all the Easter traditions that have been passed down to us over the centuries, there are a few that are have fallen by the wayside. Writing on the subject of “Ancient Customs” in the July 1783 issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine, the correspondent H.T. noted, A custom, which ought to be abolished as improper […]
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