Show QUEER LEGACIES ON RECORD mea meant nt much in the old days day though they seem peculiar to the people of today ancient bequests tor for haying having bells bella rung and beacons lighted for the purpose of guiding travelers tra velera by night are quite numerous which la is hardly to be won wondered dered at when one considers con sidera the apologies for roads and the absence of 0 fences ances in the good old days day a A plot of land rejoicing in the name of petticoat hole is held e at stock ton on ce the forest in yorkshire a ire england on condition of pro providing I 1 in a poor woman of the place with a now new petticoat once a year in the tha old days when rushes were strewn on the floor la in lieu of 0 carpets many persons left bequests ot of money and land for providing rushes for or the floors boors of 0 churches their use ot of course has long lone been discontinued but in certain plates places the church wardens attend to the preservation oj 01 their rights by cutting a little brass grass each year and strewing it on the church floor there uny have been seen on the benefaction table at deptford depthford Dept ford church i record to the effect that a person unknown gave halt half a quarter of wheat to be given la in bread on an good friday and halt a load of 0 rushes at whitsuntide and a load of 0 pea straw at christ mae yearly tor for the use 0 of the church |