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Show Forty-Shilling Day Every Candlemas day al Wotton, Surrev. in accordance with the will of W illiam Glandville, a nephew of Evelyn, Eve-lyn, tne aianst, six or eignt dovs of the neighborhood stand bareheaded around his grave In Wotton churchyard. church-yard. With their hands on the gravestone, grave-stone, they repeat from memory the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Apostles' Creed, after which they have to write from dictation dicta-tion "in a fair, leclble hand." certain verses from Corinthians. As each successful suc-cessful candidate Is awarded two pounds, the anniversary Is known locally lo-cally as Forty-Shilling day. |