I'll to thee a _Simnell_ bring 'Gainst thou go'st a _mothering_; So that when she blesseth thee, Half that blessing thou'lt give me. Bailey, in his Dictionary (folio 1764), says _simnel_ is probably derived from the Latin _simila_, fine flour, and means, "a sort of cake or bun, made of fine flour, spice, &c." It will thus appear that _simnel_ cakes can boast a much higher antiquity than the reign of Henry VII. (Lambert _Simnel_ probably taking his name from them, as a baker, and not giving his name to them), and that they were not originally confined to any particular time or place.[153] In the _Dictionarius_ of John de Garlande, compiled at Paris in the thirteenth century, the word _simineus_ or _simnels_, is used as the equivalent to the Latin _placentæ_, which are described as cakes exposed in the windows of the hucksters, to sell to the scholars of the University and others.[154] BURY. There is an ancient celebration in Bury, on Mid-Lent Sunday, there called "Simblin Sunday," when large cakes called "simblins" (_i.e._, simnels), are sold generally in the town, and the shops are kept open the whole day, except during Divine Service, for the purpose of vending this mysterious aliment.[155] These cakes are a compound of currants, candied lemon, sugar, and spice, sandwich-wise, between crust of short or puff paste. They are in great request at the period, not only in Bury, but in Manchester and most of the surrounding towns. A still richer kind, approaching the bride-cake in character, are called "Almond Simnels." BRAGOT-SUNDAY.