This volume of new studies on old-time themes, chiefly concerning the social and domestic life of England, is sent forth with a hope that it may prove entertaining and instructive. It is a companion work to "Bygone England," which the critical press and reading public received with a warm welcome on its publication, and thus encouraged me to prepare this and other volumes dealing with the highways and byways of history. WILLIAM ANDREWS. THE HULL PRESS, _February 14th, 1897_. Contents. PAGE WHEN WIGS WERE WORN 1 POWDERING THE HAIR 28 MEN WEARING MUFFS 40 CONCERNING CORPORATION CUSTOMS 48 BRIBES FOR THE PALATE 63 REBEL HEADS ON CITY GATES 74 BURIAL AT CROSS ROADS 105 DETAINING THE DEAD FOR DEBT 115 A NOBLEMAN'S HOUSEHOLD IN TUDOR TIMES 122 BREAD AND BAKING IN BYGONE DAYS 134 ARISE, MISTRESS, ARISE! 142 THE TURNSPIT 144 A GOSSIP ABOUT THE GOOSE 150 BELLS AS TIME-TELLERS 156 THE AGE OF SNUFFING 168 STATE LOTTERIES 186 BEAR-BAITING 205 MORRIS DANCERS 222 THE FOLK-LORE OF MIDSUMMER EVE 234 HARVEST HOME 244 CURIOUS CHARITIES 255 AN OLD-TIME CHRONICLER 266 INDEX 275 England in the Days of Old. When Wigs were Worn. The wig was for a long period extremely popular in old England, and its history is full of interest. At the present time, when the wig is no longer worn by the leaders of fashion, we cannot fully realize the important place it held in bygone times. Professional, as well as fashionable people did not dare to appear in public without their wigs, and they vied with each other in size and style. [Illustration: EGYPTIAN WIG (PROBABLY FOR FEMALE), FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM.]