Aubrey, in his _Wiltshire Collections_, _circ._ 1670 (p. 45), thus describes a _trouvaille_ of Roman coins. "Among the rest was an earthen pott of the colour of a Crucible, and of the shape of a prentice's Christmas Box, with a slit in it, containing about a quart, which was near full of money. This pot I gave to the Repository of the Royal Society at Gresham College." And, to wind up these Christmas box notices, I may quote a verse from Henry Carey's "Sally in our Alley" (1715?). When Christmas comes about again, Oh! then I shall have money; I'll hoard it up, and box and all, I'll give it to my honey. There used to be a very curious custom on St. Stephen's day, which Douce says was introduced into this country by Danes--that of bleeding horses. That it was usual is, I think, proved by very different authorities. Tusser says:-- Yer Christmas be passed, let horsse be let blood, For manie a purpose it dooth him much good; The day of S. Steeven old fathers did use; If that do mislike thee, some other day chuse. And Barnebe Googe, in his translation of Naogeorgus, remarks:-- Then followeth Saint Stephen's day, whereon doth every man His horses iaunt and course abrode, as swiftly as he can; Untill they doe extreemely sweate, and than they let them blood, For this being done upon this day, they say doth do them good, And keepes them from all maladies and secknesse through the yeare, As if that Steuen any time tooke charge of horses heare. Aubrey, also, in his _Remains of Gentilisme_, says: "On St. Stephen's day the farrier came constantly, and blouded all our cart horses." It was occasionally the day of great festivity, even though it came so very closely after Christmas day; and Mr. J.G. Nichols, in _Notes and Queries_ (2 ser. viii. 484), quotes a letter, dated 2nd January 1614, in confirmation. It is from an alderman of Leicester to his brother in Wood Street, Cheapside. "Yow wryte how yow reacayved my lettar on St. Steven's day, and that, I thanke yow, yow esteemed yt as welcoom as the 18 trumpytors; w^{t} in so doing, I must and will esteme yowres, God willing, more wellcoom then trumpets and all the musicke we have had since Christmas, and yet we have had prety store bothe of owre owne and othar, evar since Christmas. And the same day we were busy w^{t} hollding up hands and spoones to yow, out of porredge and pyes, in the remembraunce of yowre greate lyberality of frute and spice, which God send yow long lyffe to contynew, for of that day we have not myssed anny St. Steven this 47 yeare to have as many gas (_guests_) as my howse will holld, I thank God for yt."