Show Hay Strewn in Church an Old Village Custom A curious custom has been observed from time Imm Immemorial at Old Weston In England The church there Is dedicated to St St. In In and on the Sunday Sunda most nearly approaching approaching approaching ap ap- St. St Sw day the edifice edifice edi edl- fice Is strewn fD with new new mown mown hay The tradition Is that an old lady bequeathed a n field for tor charitable le pur par poses on condition that the tenant prodded provided pro pro- vided the hay to lessen the the annoyance e caused by the squeaking of the new new shoes worn vorn by the villagers on Feast Sunday There are other explanations one one that it Is an offering of ot the first fruits o of t the harvest and another that It t Is a n survival sur of the custom of ot strew strew- strewing Ing ng thy the church when the floor was only beaten earth with rushes Washington Star |