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Minor Queries.
_Peculiar Customs at Preston, in Lancashire._--I wish to know if it be true
that the use of _mourning_ is nearly, if not altogether, discountenanced at
the above town, even for the loss of the nearest and dearest friends; and
that a widow's cap is only worn by those to whom another husband would be
particularly acceptable? If these, and other peculiar customs prevail, I
wish some correspondent from Lancashire would kindly enlighten the readers
of "N. & Q." with respect to them.