Flower of the Month: the “Flower of the Well” – shots fired over folk customs in Alborough!
A Flower of the Well for the Flower of the Month – conflicts over old customs in Aldborough Cause papers in the Diocesan Registry of York (Borthwick Institute, York, H.C.C.P. N.D./11 [1594-5]) provide two records of conflict over the performance of folk customs in Aldborough: 1. In July 1594, Robert Rodes (alias Scotson) heard that […]