1 j)Trr H H Ji iOLJO -La o YOL. XIV NO. 149. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24,J870. TRIPLE SHEET THREE CENTS. limiSTJIASLLGENDIlY. rho Old-Time Legends of the fhrlntmnn Sfa. oa The Unixlnt ( nrolit noil Paalins The PnprrMlllona nnd t'uM.inn. The recnrreuce of tbo annual festival of fesll- als, Christmas, brings forcibly to mind the Many quaint legends, superstitions, and cus- prns which, in all acs and in every country, ave attached themselves in a particular mao er to this particular feast dy of the Christian L'hurcn. I'robably no other day which has ever ecn generally observed has more old, peculiar ssoeiations connected with it, and certainly hose of other seasons do not beurin to be of the ame interest either to antiquarians or to the ieople generally. The moit conspicuous legends are connected lirect'y with the birth of our Saviour. It has en a common tradition that Christ was born -iont the middle of the night. The custom in toman Catholic countries of ushering in Christ jas day by the celebration of three masses, one I midnight, the second at early dawn, and the lrd In the morning, dates from the sixth cen iry. The day was considered in the double urht of a holy commemoration and a cheerful iptlval, and was accordingly distinguished by votlon, by vacation from business, and by errlmcnt. During the middle ages it was ilcbratod by the gay fantastic spectacle of amatic mysteries and moralities p crformed 7 personages in grotesque masks and Ingulnr costumes. Scenery usually repre- nted an infant in a cradle, surrounded by the irgln Mary and St. Joseph, by bull's head, licrubs, eastern magi, and manifold ornaments. f be custom of singing canticles at Christina?, lied carols, which recalled the Bongs of the epherds at the birth of Christ, dates from the me when the common people ceased to irn- rstand Latin. The bishops and the lower ergy often joined with the populace in caroll- g, and the songs were often enlivened by nces and by the music of tambours, guitars, olins, and organs. Fathers, mothers, sons, d daughters mingled together in the .ncc; it in trie night, eacn bearing in s hand a lighted wax taper. Many Uections have been made of thste uve meuia-vai carois wnicn miea trie urs of nocturnal masses, and which some- lies took the place of psalms in the churches. if perhaps the oldest of these collections only jingle leaf remains, containing two carols, ceerved in the Bodleian library, in a volume "Chrihtmasee Carollcs," printed by Wynkin Worde in 1521. Davles Gilbert published a ilume of "Ancient Christmas Carols," with e tunes to which they were formerly sung in gland, and William Sandys made a more mplete collection (London, 1833). The carols the Welsh are especially celebrated, and eir I-ffyr Carolan (Book of Carols) contains , and their Jllodeugerdd Cymru (Autnology of ales) contains 48. The German carols were llected by Welnhold (Gratz, 1853), and one of e beet of the many editions of French carols oelt) was published at Poictiers in 1321. luring the last days preceding Christmas it is 11 the custom for Calasrtaa minstrels to de- nd lrom the mountains to Naples and Home, luting the bhrines of the virgin mother with elr wild music, under the poetical notion of eerlng her until the birth-time of her infant the approaching Christmas. In a picture of e nativity by Raphael he has iatro lueod a epherd at the door playing on a sort of bag pe. Preparatory to Christmas the bells are Dg at dead midnight throughout England aud e continent; and after the solemn celebration the mass, for which the churches in France id Italy arc magnificently adorned, It is used r the revellers to partake of a collation (re illon), that they may be better able to sustain e fatigues of the night. The carols themselves mainly had refereuce to me custom connected witn trie season, or me fact relating to the nativity itself. One of e beet known of the ancient ones is tus koar'e Head Carol," which was sung on the 'Jrival of one of the great Christmas dishes, the fused boar's head, in the great dining hall of Je English castle, convent, college, or private dwelling. In Queen's College, Oxford, the cus- om is still kept up. There is a tradition that it originated at this college in commemoration of the valor of a student, who, while on a walk eading Aristotle, being suddenly attacked by It furious wild boar, rammed the volume into jLe throat of the aggressor, crying Grtecum est ill he had fairly choked the beast to death. It kvas long observed iu the Christmas festivities f the Inns of Court. At Queen's College the b oar's head is brought in ou a large dish by the t.lef cook, preceded by a baud ot trumpeters, nd followed by a procession of all the re tainers belonging to the college. The following s a correct copy of the words of the carol, half Lati half old English, taken from a collection f ChrJsfmas carols, printed by WyuUyn tie Wort'e (1521): "Oaput aprl diil'uro, Reddens Unties Uuuiino. The bore's heed la hande bring I, AVhU garlands gay aud rosemary ; pray you all synge merely, yul estls lu cjnvlvio. "The bore's heed, I understands. Is the chefo servyce of this Uude . Loke where ever H b3 fanfie, Servile cum cautlco." Tn ihpcp othpr fctnnrnH huvA hp on odilfld at dif ferent tlmcb. The quaint and almost monotone nusic to the carol is well known. From "The Christmas Prince," London, 1607, t appears that another poetical effusion was Lsed at St. John the Baptist's College, Oxon, on i similar occasion. The professors and stu dents in the great hall rose to their feet when ike ferocious head made its appearance, aud i hunted a ditty which concluded as follows: Tbcn sett down the swlneyard, The foe to the vineyatd, r i.ei tsacuuuH crowoe jus ian ; Lei i ins ioarts ceau ana luusur.t Stand fur pigg, goose, aud custard. And so you are welcome &u." The "Forklngton MS." furnishes u suggestive V icturc of a Christmas dinuer in the early part i me uuceum century: 'iud bred, alle, aud wyln, dare I welle say. The boare'B hede with muit&rd arinyd S'ts gay, -unuante to pottaga with weuuluaun fvne. Mid Die noiubuls of tuo dow, aud all that evi-r coinmesin; ' 'appoDal-bake, with pesys of the roow, Keysons of torroni, with od.vre spysls woo." "Juvenilia," by George Wither (10ti-4), makes be earliest allusiou to the moderu system of juecoratlon. The first and fifth verses are (rioted telow: "tso, now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy leaves Is drear, ALd every post with holly. . - "Now, all our neighbor's chliuniea smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Tbeir ovens xhff wltu bak d meats choke, Aed a.'l iteir nl'.s are turniug." A carol from the Sloano M3S. has the follow ing Introduction and etan.as: "Nowel cl el tl el tj el el el el cl Mary was grct with Gabriel." "Mary modcr, meke and myldc Fro si'hame and synne that ye us snriylldo, For gret on grownl je gon with chllde; Gabriel nunclco. "Mary rooder, be not a-dred, .Hicbu Is in your foodv bred, And of your bryst be will be fed ; Cum pudorls llllo." Nowcl or Noel, it must be remembered, has nearly the same significance as the verb "to carol." A bard of about the same time as Chaucer has written a long carol or hymn in what is for thcee days a very peculiar style. The manu script is still preserved. After methodically rhyming twenty etan.as of perfectly unlqio theology, be addresses the sacred babe in the following pathetic strain, and thus winds up his hymn: "l.nlluy 1 1.ullay ! lylll cliyld, qwy wepy thou so sore ? And nrt thou bothlu God and man ? quat woldyst tliou be more ? So blessed be the tyme!" Theologians and metaphysicians have found the doctrine of redemption a fruitful theme for discussion and hair-splitting. The ideas in the following curious stanzas are probably new to some modern dogmatic cavillers on knotty points of religion. The lines are from the Cot ton MSS.: "Of wornanlicdp, lo ! thre degrcs there be, Wldowhede. wedlochp, and verglnnltie; Wldowhede clamed heaven, her title Is this, liy oppressions that mekelle suil'eretli she ; And verglns clnme by chasllle alone; Then God thought a woman should set them at one ; A wedlockeby generation, heaven hires sliuld be, And cease the strife; For Marie was maden, widowe, and wife." In an age of abject superstition, whon the air was densely populated with spirits, when the commonest occurrences of every-day existence were regarded as omens, and when lucky days were absolute facts, it is but natural that great importance should be attached to the particular day of the week on which Christmas happened. Accordingly, in the Ilarleian MSS. there is a doggerel poem containing a number of weather wise and personal predictions of what shall happen during the subsequent years whon the festival falls on certain days. Here is the prophecy, and a gloomy one it is: "Yf Crystmas day on the Saten'ay falle, That wy nter ys to be dredden aire ; Hyt shall so full of grete temppsie, That nyt shall sle bot.he man and oesfe ; Frnlte and come shall fayle grete won, And olde folke dyen many on. W hate woraau that day of ehylde travayle, They shall be borne m grete perelle; And chyldren that be bonii that dav, Within halfe a yer they siiaU dye, par fay. The homer than shall wete ryghte ylle ; Yf thou awglite stele, hyt shal the'spylle; Thou dyest yf sekcucs take tho." According to the same manuscript there is also a prophecy connected with the occtirrcuco of the day upon Sunday. This applies directly to the festival this year. The prophecy is not quite so bad as that for Saturday, it being peculiarly lucky in many particulars. The weather-wise and the almanac-makers will do well to follow its weather suggestions when making their conjectures. Here it is: "Lordlngcs, I warne you al berorne, Y'el that day that Cryste was borne, Fall uppon a Sunday ; '1 hat wy nter shall be poid per fay, Hut grete wyndes alorte sh i, That somer shall bo fayre and dry; liy kynde skylle, wliytiiot.vn lease, Throw all loudes shalbe peris, And good tyme all thyngs to don, Hut he that steli th he' shalbe founde soue, Whate ehylde that day borue be, A great lord lie shalbe." The prophecy is evidently on the principle of "the better the day the better the deed." A belief was long current that at midnight on Christmas eve cattle in their stalls fell down on their knees in adoration of their infant Saviour in tho same manner as the legend reports them to have done in the Btable of Bethlehem. A bard of the fifteenth century perpetrates an amusing variation of the belief in ths following unique etanza: "In a cracche was that ehylde layde; Doth oxe aud asse wytti hyin playde, Wyth joye aud blisse; Miserere nobis." A beautiful phase in popular superstition is that which represents a complete prostration of the powers of darkness as taking place at this season. Chanticleer is then supposed to crow all night long, and by his vigilance to scare away all malignant spirits. Tho idea is incom parably expressed by Shakespeare, who puts it in the mouth of "Marccllus": "It faded at the crowing of the cock; Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth Is celebrated, The bird of dawning slngeth all night long; And then they say no spirit cau walk abroad,'' etc. Among the revels of tho Christmas season were the so-called feasts of fools and of asses, grotesque saturnalia, which were sometimes termed "December liberties," in which every thing serious was burlesqued, inferiors personi fying their superiors, great men becoming fro licsome, and which illustrate the proneness of man to occasionally reverse the order of society and ridicule its decencies. In the Protestant district of Germauy aud the north of Europe CliriEtmag is often called the "children's fes tival," and Christmas CY i devoted to giving presents, and especially between parents and children, aud brothers and sisters, by means of the so-called Christum tree. A large yew bough is erected, lighted with tapers, and hung with manifold gifts, sweetmeats, apples, nuts, ploythiDgs, and ornaments. Each of these is marked with the ii:uuu of the persons for whom it was inf.cndcil, but not with the name of the donor, aud n heu the whole family party is assembled, the presents are distributed around the room according to their labels, amid joyful ucclamatlous and congratulations. A more sober scene succeeds, for the mother takes this occasion lo Bay privately to the daughters, and the father to tho sous, what has been observed D)06t praiseworthy and what most faulty in their conduct. Formerly, aud still iu some of tbejsmaller villages of North Gerinauy, the presents made by all the parents were sent to some one person, who, in huh buskins, a white robe, a mask, and enormous lx wig, becoming the bugbear of children known as Knnht Jiu pert, goes from house to house, is received by the parents with great pomp and reverence, calls for the children, aud bestows the intended gift upon them according to tho character which he hears from the parents after severe Inqui ries. A teautlful poem of Hebci, Christ' Bau m, celebrates the German ceremonies on Christmas eve. Ills an old Swedish tradition, preserved in the history of Olaus, archbishop of Upsal, that at the festival of Christmas the men living in the cold northern parts are suddenly aud strangely metamorposed into wolves; and that , a huge multitude of them meet together at an j appointed place during the night, and rage ' jo fierce! $ut Biapkjn tyl ptjjer vr?4- turcs not fierce by nature, that the Inhabi tants of that country Buffer more from their attacks than ever they do from natural wolves. Christmas has always been at once a religious, domestic, and merry-making festival in Eng land, equally for every rank and age. The rvcls used to begin on Christmas eve, and con tinued often till Candlemas (February 2), every day being a holiday till Twelfth-night (January 0). In the houses of the nobles a "lord of mis rule," or "abbot of unreason," was appointed, whose ofllce was to "make the rarest pastimes, to delight the beholder," and whose dominion lasted from "All-hollow evo" (October 31) till Candlemas day. The larder was filled with capons, hens, turkeys, geese, ducks, beef, mut ton, pork, pies, puddings, nuts, plums, sugar, and honey. The Italians have the following proverb: "He has more business than English ovens at Christmas." The tensnts were enter tained at the hall, and the lord of the manor and his family encourgod every art conducive to mirth. The following selection and what follows it in tho original, from Scott's "Marmlon," gives the Christmas eve picture exactly: "On OhrlRtmas-eve the bells were rung; On Christmas-eve the mass was sung; That only night, In all the year, Saw t he stoled priest tlntehalice bear. Then opened wide the baron's hall To VBssid, tenant, serf, and all ; Power laid his rod of rule aside, And ceremony dotTert his pride. The heir, with roses In his shoes, That night might village partner choose. All hailed, with uncontrolled delight And general voice, the happy night That to the cottage, as the crown, Brought tidings of salvation down. Kagland was merry Kngland when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christinas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft would cheer A poor man's heart through half the year." Many of the Christmas customs had the r origin far beyond the time when Julius Csear had set his foot in Britain, or St. Augustine had preached Christianity to the men of Kent. They are simply Christian teachings grafted on heathen rites. No festival is more amalgamated in this way than Christmas, the festivities of which, oriciually derived from thcKoman Satur nalia, were afterwards intermingled with the ceremonies of the Druids, and, subsequently, with the grim mythology of the Saxons and Normans. The quaint old carols illustrate these facts admirably, and at the same time show the joyous character of the festival, as well as the peculiarly perverted piety which surrounded it in remote nges. It was the practice of our ancestors to lay aside the charred remains of the Yule log where with to kindle its successor. 1 he preservation of last year's Christmas log was, In their belief, a most effectual security to the house against fire. Further, it was regarded as a sign of ill luck if a squinting person entered the hall when the log was burning; and a similarly evil omeii was exhibited in the arrival of a barefooted person; but the direst calamities of all certainly followed if a Hat-footed woman made her ap pearance. The common custom of deckiug the houses and churches at Christmas with evergreens is derived from ancient Druid practices. It was an old belief that Bj lvan spirits might flock to the evergreens, and rcmaiu unnipped by frost till the milder season. The holly, ivy, rosemary, bays, laurel, and mistletoe furnished tho favor ite trimmings, which were uot removed till Candlemas. Chaplcts of these were also worn about the head, a practice to which the phrase to "kiss under the rose," to "whisper under the mistletoe," are allusions. Iu old church calenders Christmas eve is marked Templa exornantur (adorn tho temples). Holly and ivy still remain in England this most esteemed Christmas evergreen, though at the two univer Ritlcs of the college chapels arc decked with laurel. It is said that there was a famous hawthorn in the church-yard of Glastonbury Abbey, which always budded ou the 21 ih and blossomed on the 25th of December. After the change of 6tylc it was observed that it blossomed ou Janu ary 5, which would have been Christmas day O. S. It Is said that slips from this thorn are preserved which blossom on January 5th to the present time. Near Raleigh there is a valley said to have been caused centuries ago by an earthquake, which swallowed up a whole vll lagc and church. It was formerly a custom for people to assemble here ou Christmas morning to listen to the ringing of the bells of the church beneath them. The Christmas celebrations in England have lost their primitive boisterous character, the gambols and carols are nearly gone by, and family reunions and evergreen trimmings are all that remain of the various rough merriments which used to mark the fes tival. The last memorable appointment of a lord oynisrule was in 10J7, when he had come to be denominated ' a grand captaiue of mis chiefe." The institution of the festival itself in honor of the birth of a Saviour is attributed by the decretal letters to Pope Telcsphorus, who died A. D. 138. At first It was the most movable of the CkrhHinn kslive tluys, often eolebrated by the Eastern churche s in the months of April and May. In the fourth ceutury the urgency of St. Cyril ot Jerusalem obtained from Pope Julius I an order for au investigation to be made con cerning the day of Christ's nativity. The result of inquiry by the theologians of the East aud the West was au agreement upon the 25th of December. The chief grounds for the decision were the tables of the censors In the archives of Rome; aud although, in the opinion of some of the fathers, there was not nutheullc proof of the identification of the day, yet fie decision was uniformly accepted, and from that time nativity has been celebrated throughout the Church on the eameday. In England ihe Christmas season began on Christmas and contlilued for a fort night, uutil Twcltth day, which was formerly celebrated with greater ceremony than the be ginning of the season and consequently became the old Christmas Day (Kplpbany). Now the first day, or the 25th of December, U the most generally observed. The respectable S.imue. Pepys iu his diary makes several notes about Christmas as he did about everything else that came within his knowledge. The following is not the least amusing entry in that quaint aud curious diary: C'hrisimas day (lM.t) To church la the morning, and then uaw a wedding lu toe ctiurcli, which 1 have not Bieu many a da) ; aud lite young people so Bit rry one with another, and strange to see what delight we man ied people Jiave to see these poor fools decoyed In our condition, every man aud woman gazing and smiling at them. 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Uocas packed an shipped free of Charge. 10 't 'urp ORGANS. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO. The CABINET ORGANS made by this Company are of such nnivertal reputation, not only through out America but also In Europe, and are so gene- rally the ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE among Instruments of the class, that few need to be assured of their superiority. PRICES REDUCED, OCTOBER, 1670. RANGE OF PRICE FROM C0 to 11000. A NEW ILLUSTHATED CATALOGUE, with full Information, and TESTIMONY CIRCULAR, will be sent free to any ono desiring them. OOULD & FISCHER, No. 923 CHESNUT Street, J. E. GOCT.D. PHILADELPHIA. Wm.G. FwcnER. 12 10 13t4p HATS. WINTER CAPS. A large and superior stock of tasteful CAPS, la Otter, Seal, and Astrachan, and In fine Imitations. Also in Beaver Cloth, Plush, Casslmere, Velvet, and Silk, proper for skating, sleighing, walking, horse back riding or railroading, as well as for party and opera-going. Genuine SCOTCH CAPS !n great variety. Melton's celebrated London DRESS and "DERBY" HATS, for which the undersigned is agent. WAR15URTON, HATTER, CHESNUT Strce H 20 6trp Next door to Po.it, Ofilee. THE DKESS HAT OF THE PERIOD. In style most elegant, "yet not expressed !n fancy." Of materials the rlchct and of workmanship the best. In durability and In brilliancy most enduring. In price most moderate. In ventilation perfect. In comfort and easy fitting quite unequalled. "A combination and a form Indeed," as Shake speare has It. Dome and see. WARBUItTOX, HATTER, CHESNUT Street, Next door to Post Oai :e. 12 20 Ctrp CLOVES, ETC. OPEN UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK P. 31. DURING THE REMAINDER OF TOE YE ill AT TUB Great Kid Glove Emporium. PRICES ARK LOW. SALES IMMENSE. POPULARITY INCREASING, ASSOKTMSNT STILL (ioOD THE UKEAT KL'Sil UNABATED. CALL EARLY IN THE DAY TO GET TO THE COUNTER. HANDKERCHIEFS IN FANCY BOXES, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, HOSIERY, GLOVES. LARGEST STOCK OF GLOVES IN THE CITY. FOKTEMONNAIES, WALLETS, 10c. toll. SASH RIBBONS, BOW RIBBONS, SCARFS. KID GLOVES. JOSEPH KID GLOVES, 95c. LA BKLLK IMD ULOVKS, $1-25. BfcST 11-26 KID GLOVES IN AMERIJi. JOUVIN KID GLOVES. 1145. HARTLEY KII GLOVES, tl'65. BA.IOU KID GLOVES, 11-85. CHILDREN'S KID GLOVES, 1. LADIES' 8-BUTTON KID GLOVES, fl-M tofi LADIES' 8-BUTTON KID GLOVES, 8115tO$2. . UEN1S' KID GLOVES, $100, 11-75, U io2-i. LINED GLOVES FOR LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN. ALL KINDS OF FANCY GLOVE?. A. & J. P. IUUTH0L0UEr, NO. 23 N, EIGHTH STREET, USOtutbBtf PHILADELPHIA. LOOKING CLASSES, ETC. jytSIHABLE AND ELEGANT GIFTS FOU CHRISTMAS. T1CTURES of every character. Encravincs, Chroiuoa, etc. etc : ,New Moonlight Photographs; Views in Southern India. LOOKING-GLASSES. SWISS CARVINGS, embracing aliiio.st every thing, at moderate prices, rallying from Mo. up wards. Direct Importation from luteilakeu. The celebrated ROGERS GROUPS, Sole Ageney. Two new subjects now rca ty. PORTFOLIOS. BAP ELS. New Folio-stands, v iih our excellent patent fastening. EARI.ES' GALLERIES, open at al' ti-r.cs, free. No. SI 6 CHESNUT STliK ET. M I L. L. I N E R Y . R. D I O N, NOS. 823 AND 831 SOUTH STREET. FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, ORATE VEILS. Ladles' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gluip, He r, Satiu, Silk, Straw and Velvets, Hats aud &iiie s. l-Yeo-fi Flowers, Hat and Bounet Fraini-s, af Lacen, Silks, Satins; Velvet, Ribbons, Sasln a, , canie.ni an U kinds of Milliner Goods. t
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