A Merry Old Christmas Custom. 1878.

For Sale is a Full Page Landscape Engraving removed from "The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 14th, 1878,"called "A Merry Old Christmas Custom."
Artist- W. Weekes.

According to Aubrey, in several parts pf Oxfordshire it was in old times the custom for the maid-servants to ask the man at Christmas for ivy to decorate the house, and if he refused, or neglected to fetch in a supply, the maids were justified in stealing a pair of his breeches, and nailing them to the gate in the yard or highway.  A similar usage prevailed in other places.  By refusing to comply with such a request the man-servant also incurred the penalty of being debarred from the well-known privilege of the mistletoe.

Condition is Very Good.