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Preface

           Thegameofprisoner’sbase,whichnotsolongagoseemedtoenjoyaperennialvitalityinfrontoftheworn-outstocks,may,sofarasIcansay,beentirelyunknowntotherisinggenerationofschoolboysthere.ThepracticeofdivinationbyBibleandkey,theregardingofvalentinesasthingsofseriousimport,theshearing-supper,andtheharvest-home,have,too,nearlydisappearedinthewakeoftheoldhouses;andwiththemhavegone,itissaid,muchofthatloveoffuddlingtowhichthevillageatonetimewasnotoriouslyprone.Thechangeattherootofthishasbeentherecentsupplantingoftheclassofstationarycottagers,whocarriedonthelocaltraditionsandhumours,byapopulationofmoreorlessmigratorylabourers,whichhasledtoabreakofcontinuityinlocalhistory,morefatalthananyotherthingtothepreservationoflegend,folk-lore,closeinter-socialrelations,andeccentricindividualities.Forthesetheindispensableconditionsofexistenceareattachmenttothesoilofoneparticularspotbygenerationaftergeneration.

           T.H.

           February1895

           

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