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But let me lead you from these vnpleasing matters, to refresh
yourselues with taking view of the Cornishmens recreations, which
consist principally in feastes and pastimes.
Their feasts are commonly haruest dinners, Church-ales, and the
solemnizing of their parish Churches dedication, which they terme
their Saints feast.
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The haruest dinners are held by euery wealthy man, or as wee terme it,
euery good liuer, betweene Michaelmas and Candlemas, whereto he
inuiteth his next neighbours and kinred, and though it beare onely
the name of a dinner, yet the ghests take their supper also with them,
and consume a great part of the night after in Christmas rule: neither
doth the good cheere wholly expire (though it somewhat decrease) but
with the end of the weeke.
For the Church-ale, two young men of the parish are yerely chosen by
their last foregoers, to be Wardens, who deuiding the task, make
collection among the parishioners, of whatsoeuer prouision it pleaseth
them voluntarily to bestow.


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