FOLK LORE.

_Folk Lore in Cambridgeshire._--About twenty years ago, at Hildersham,

there was a custom of ringing the church bell at five o'clock in the

leasing season. The cottagers then repaired to the fields to glean; but

none went out before the bell was rung. The bell tolled again in the

evening as a signal for all to return home. I would add a Query, Is this

custom continued; and is it to be met with in any other place?

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