There existed at one time, at Wolverhampton, an annual procession, on July 9th (the eve of the great fair), of men in antique armour, preceded by musicians playing the “fair tune,” and followed by the steward of the Deanery Manor, the peace-officers, and many of the principal inhabitants. Tradition says the ceremony originated at the time when Wolverhampton was a great emporium of wool, and resorted to by merchants of the staple from all parts of England. The necessity of an annual force to keep peace and order during the fair (which is said to have lasted fourteen days, but the charter says only eight) is not improbable. It was finally discontinued by Sir William Pulteney, who was the lessee of the Deanery Manor, to the great dissatisfaction of the people of Wolverhampton. These processions were the remains of the Corpus Christi pageantry, which were always celebrated at the annual fairs, and attended by men armed and equipped as if for war.--Shaw, _History of Staffordshire_, 1798-1801, p. 165; Oliver, _Historical Account of the Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton_, 1836, p. 44. JULY 12.] IRELAND. At Maghera, County Down, on the 12th of July, the anniversary of the battle of Aughrim, the Orangemen assemble, walk in their insignia, and dine together.--Mason, _Stat. Acc. of Ireland_, 1844, vol. i. p. 594. JULY 15.] ST. SWITHIN’S DAY. St. Swithin was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the time of King Ethelbert, and the great patron saint of the cathedral and city of Winchester. In some church-books there are entries of gatherings of “Saint Swithine’s farthyngs” on this day. There is an old proverb which says: “St. Swithin’s Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain: St. Swithin’s Day, if thou be fair, For forty days ’twill rain na mair.” There is also a quaint saying, that when it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it is the saint christening the apples.--See Timbs’ _Things not Generally Known_, 1856, p. 153. SURREY. In the Churchwardens’ accounts of the parish of Horley, under the years 1505-6, is the following entry, which implies a gathering on this saint’s day:-- “Itm. Saintt Swithine farthyngs the said 2 yeres, 30_s._ 8_d._” YORKSHIRE. Sports were at one time annually celebrated at Cloughton on Saturday evening after the 15th July.--Cole, _Historical Sketches of Scalby, Burniston, and Cloughton_, 1829, p. 63. JULY 17.] ST. KENELM’S DAY. WORCESTERSHIRE.