CUSTOM AT ESKDALE, YORKSHIRE.

_To the Editor of the Every-Day Book._

Sir,

Ascension-day, whereon there is a remarkable annual custom in

maintenance of a tenure, has passed, but as it originated from a

circumstance on the 16th of October, you can introduce it on that day,

and it will probably be informing as well as amusing to the majority of

readers. The narrative is derived from a tract formerly published at

Whitby. I am, &c.