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Chapter Lxii

609 CURIOSITIES RESPECTING THE CUSTOMS OF MANKIND (Continued). Origin of the Sheriff's counting Hobnails--Origin of the Order of the Garter-Origin and History of the Claim and Allowance of the "Benefit of Clergy" in Criminal Convictions-Curious Tenures-The Origin of May Poles and Garlands-Curious Custom at Oakham--Curious Practice in North Holland 622