“That your petitioner subsequently applied to the Bishop of Lincoln to use his influence to prevent the repetition of the ceremony, and offered to guarantee the churchwardens against any loss in consequence of their refusal to permit it. “That your petitioner believes there are no trustees of a dissenting chapel who would permit the minister or officers of their chapel to sanction such a desecration. “That the ceremony took place, as usual, on Palm Sunday, in this year. “Your petitioner therefore prays that your Lordships will be pleased to ascertain from the bishop of the diocese why the ceremony took place; that, if the existing law enables any ecclesiastical persons to prevent it, the law may be hereafter enforced; and that, if the present law is insufficient, a law may be passed enabling the bishop to interfere for the purpose of saving the national Church from scandal. “And your petitioner will ever pray.” NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. It is the universal custom, with both rich and poor, to eat figs on this day. On the Saturday previous, the market at Northampton is abundantly supplied with figs, and there are more purchased at this time than throughout the rest of the year; even the charity children, in some places, are regaled with them. No conjecture is offered as to the origin or purpose of this singular custom. May it not have some reference to Christ’s desiring to eat figs the day after his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem?--Baker, _Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases_, 1854, i. p. 232. OXFORDSHIRE. In some parts of this country figs are eaten on Palm Sunday, which is in consequence called Fig Sunday.[25]--_N. & Q. 2nd S._ vol. i. p. 227. [25] See Mid-Lent Sunday. SURREY. From time immemorial a fair, or wake, has been held in the churchyard of Crowhurst on Palm Sunday. Formerly, excesses were frequently committed on the occasion through the sale of liquors; but of late years the fair has been conducted with great decorum.--Brayley, _Topographical History of Surrey_, 1841, iv. p. 132. WILTSHIRE. On St. Martin’s Hill, near Marlborough, at which there is an ancient camp more than thirty acres in extent, Palm Sunday is kept; and persons in great numbers used to assemble there, each carrying a hazel-nut bough with the catkins hanging from it.--_N. & Q. 2nd S._ v. p. 447. YORKSHIRE.