{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/prwe/prwe225.htm","path":"neu/celt/prwe/prwe225.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/prwe/prwe225.htm","text":"FORMERLY it was customary for the boys to tie stones to cords, and with these parade the town, slinging these stones against the doors, shouting aloud,--\n\"Give me a pancake, now--now--now,\nOr I'll souse in your door with a row--tow--tow.\"\nA genteel correspondent assures me \"this is observed now in the lower parts of the town only.\"","title":"Customs of Ancient Days: Shrove Tuesday at St Ives","type":"page"}