British Popular Customs, Present and Past

book i. p 246.

It was formerly the custom in some of the northern parts of England for the young men and maids who received the sacrament to walk after dinner into the corn-fields, and to bless the corn and fruits of the earth.--Kennett, MS. Brit. Mus.

CORNWALL.

In former days persons resorted to “Our Lady of Nantswell” with a palm cross in one hand and an offering in th...