H. B.

MR. POTTER will find, upon referring to Vol. i., p. 245., that this custom

prevails in Gloucestershire, with the substitution of _straw_ for _chaff_.

I have seen the Gloucestershire version both in Kent and Sussex, and have

received an explanation of it similar to MR. POTTER'S own supposition.

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