S.I.B.

[16] Queen Elizabeth was born at the ancient Palace of
Greenwich, or as it was then called, "the Manner of Plesaunce,"
one of the favourite residences of Henry VIII.

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MEMORABLE DAYS.

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COLLOP MONDAY.


Collop Monday is the day before Shrove Tuesday, and in many parts is made
a day of great feasting on account of the approaching Lent. It is so
called, because it was the last day allowed for eating animal food before
Lent; and our ancestors cut up their fresh meat into collops, or steaks,
for salting or hanging up until Lent was over; and even now in many
places it is still a custom to have eggs and collops, or slices of bacon,
for dinner on this day.

In Westmoreland, and particularly at Brough, where I have witnessed it
many times, the good people kill a great many pigs about a week or two
previous to Lent, which have been carefully fattened up for the occasion.