_To the Editor._
DEAR SIR,--On the first of May, at the village of Randwick, near Stroud,
there has been, from time immemorial, the following custom:--Three large
cheeses, (Gloucester of course,) decked with the gayest flowers of this
lovely season, are placed on litters, equally adorned with flowers, and
boughs of trees waving at the corners. They are thus borne through the
village, accompanied by a joyous throng, shouting and huzzaaing with all
their might and main, and usually accompanied by a little band of music.
They proceed in this manner to the church-yard, where the cheeses being
taken from the litters, and divested of their floral ornaments, are
rolled three times round the church. They are then carried back in the
same state, and in the midst of the village are cut up and distributed
piecemeal to the inhabitants.