ST. THOMAS’S DAY._The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Going a _gooding_ on St. Thomas’s day formerly prevailed in England.

Women begged money, and in return presented the donors with sprigs of

palm and branches of primroses.[413] Mr. Ellis says, “this practice is

still kept up in Kent, in the neighbourhood of Maidstone.” Mr. Brand

adds, “My servant B. Jelkes, who is from Warwickshire, informs me that

there is a custom in that county for the poor on St. Thomas’s day to go

with a bag to beg corn of the farmers, which they call going _a

corning_.”

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