The above is the most popular version, and the one indigenous to the place; but there is another set, which was introduced some years ago by a late schoolmistress, who was a native of another part of the country, where her version was customary: “Shrovetide is nigh at hand, And we are come a-shroving; Pray, Dame, give something, An apple, or a dumpling, Or a piece of crumple cheese, Of your own making, Or a piece of pancake. Trip, trapping throw; Give me my mumps, and I’ll be go.” This custom existed also in the neighbourhood of Salisbury.--_N. & Q. 1st S._ vol. v. p. 77. _Pop. Antiq._ 1849, vol. i. p. 62. FEB. 3.] ST. BLAIZE’S DAY. St. Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste, a city of Cappadocia, in the Lesser Asia, and is said to have suffered martyrdom in the persecution of Licinus in 316. The fact of iron combs having been used in tearing the flesh of the martyr appears to be the reason for his having been adopted by the wool-combers as their patron saint. The large flourishing communities engaged in this business in Bradford, and other English towns, are accustomed to hold a septennial jubilee on the 3rd of February, in honour of Jason of the Golden Fleece and St. Blaize; and not many years ago the fête was conducted with considerable state and ceremony.--_Book of Days_, vol. i. p. 219. In 1825 the procession was drawn up in the following order: _Herald_ bearing a flag. _Woolstaplers_ on horseback, each horse caparisoned with a fleece. _Worsted Spinners and manufacturers_ on horseback, in white stuff waistcoats, with each a sliver over the shoulder, and a white stuff sash; the horses’ necks covered with nets made of thick yarn. _Merchants_ on horseback, with coloured sashes. Three guards. Masters’ Colours. Three guards. _Apprentices and Masters’ Sons_, on horseback, with ornamented caps, scarlet stuff coats, white stuff waistcoats, and blue pantaloons. _Bradford_ and _Keighley Bands_. _Mace-bearer_, on foot. Six guards. King. Queen. Six guards. Guards. Jason. Princess Medea. Guards. Bishop’s Chaplain. Bishop Blase. _Shepherd and Shepherdess._ _Shepherd Swains._ _Woolsorters_, on horseback, with ornamented caps, and various coloured slivers. _Comb Makers._ _Charcoal Burners._ _Combers’ Colours._ Band. _Woolcombers_, with wool wigs, &c. Band. _Dyers_, with red cockades, blue aprons, and crossed slivers of red and blue. Before the procession started it was addressed by Richard Fawcett, Esq., in the following lines: