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In olden times in Europe, Plough Monday marked the end of the Christmas holidays. It was held on the first Monday in January after the Twelfth Day. It was customary on Plough Monday, before the ploughman returned to work on the following day, to draw a plough from door to door of the parish :to solicit “nloue‘h money" to spend in a frolic. great joy" were addressed. It was in a lowly stable attached to a farmâ€" khan that the Saviour of the World was born, and a few days later it was on the back of the most humlble farm animal, the ass. that He was borne to Egypt in safety. It was from the agricultural popuâ€" lation mainly that the early Christ- tians drew their adherents, and many years later it was over the farms and orchards in the vicinity of Rome that the early Christians scoured the country in search of holly branches to decorate their churches and dwellings at Christâ€" mastide. Meanwhile, the farm, as ever, cen- tinned to furnish the wherewithal for the feast, and at the same time, as centuries rolled by and towns be. came swamped in their own activi- ties, it was the farm that kept alive the kindly, ancient rites of the feast. Many centuries later, Charles Dick- ens restored to the townsfolk of England something of the joy and It was from the agTicult‘ lation mainly that the ear fians drew their when many years later it was Luuc, u 1.: Invv 5...," .- to be able openly to expreSS that spirit of universal kindness and- peace 9nd good will evoked by the teachings of the Master in the cele- bration of the festival of Christmas. The connection between agriculture and Christmas has been intimate from the beginning. It was to shep- herds watching their flocks by night that the words “Fear not: for, be. hold, I bring you good tidings of -_-..:. .3..." “yarn nfldTPSFed. It was in Christmas 1936 should see a re- vival of this ancient Christmas toast. Those were the days when the value of the farm was universally recogâ€" nized, but in the whirl of modern life the farm, as the sure foundaâ€" tion of matenial civilization, is apt to be forgotten. The word farm means food and was so called be. cause in older times the tenant was required to provide the land-lord with food by way of rent. Today this definition has been considerably ex- tended in that the farm supplies the nation with food, and without food, without the feeding of the multi- tude, it is not given to human beings‘ The queen Bessy. 'Dhen there was the ancient feast of the boat’s. head which still exists in at least three distinct communiâ€" ties in E1.glandâ€"at Queen’s College, Oxford, on Christmas Day, and at the annual Christmas banquets of the City of London at the Guildhall and of the Worshipful Company of Cutlets in London. The proceedings are much the same. Trumpets sound and the hoar’s head is carried in procession, escorted by choristers a Protestant one, St. Wenceslas is a Catholic saint, who was martyred just over a thousand years ago. Wenceslas was born in 907, and was the grandson of Ludmilla, the first Czech saint, but he was also a descendant of the first Christian prince of Bohemia, and Wenceslas yseemed cut out for a very stormy ,time when, at the age of only eigh- teen, he took over the reins of his kingdom: Cutlets in London. The proceedings are much the same. Trumpets sound and the 'boar’s head is carried in procession, escorted by choristers singing the 01d carol “The boar’s head in hand bring I.” At the City of London feast, the master takes the lemon from the boar’s 5mm and at Oxford the Provost takes the or- ange and presents it to the princi- pal singer. At the Curtlers’ Hall, the president of the feast accepts the present of a. pot of mustard, and extols the circumstances of the feast. This reference to mustard must be very old, because in a carol that had been in vogue for centuries before, Wynkyn de Worde printed the words in 1521 A.D., the last line of which runs “the Ibore’s heed with mus- tarde.“ ‘ The phrase “Christmas Box” orig-â€" inated in the early Christian times. It was really then a box which was placed in the church for promiscuous charities and was opened on Christ. mas Day. The contents were distriâ€" buted the next day (Boxing Dav)- by the priest, and where the contriâ€" bwtirns consisted of cash were known as box money. However, farmers were accustomed to leave their con- tributions, in kind, eggs, butter. flour, meat, and other agricultural products, much the same as the farâ€" mers of Quebec today place fruits at the church entrance on Thanks- giving Day, the results of the sales of which go towards masses for the souls of relatives. In many churches in Canada, the accumulation of Christmas gifts is distributed in much the same manner as in the gézfifiéfiéfififlfifwfi §i§i§3§i§i§i§i§i§i§i§fi§f§fi ii? The Farm and Christmas geamzézgzargeaegamegagwmw of~the bafiquet was called This “Wenceslas” tune is not ex- actly the same as that of our own familiar carol. It is Wenceslas can- ticle, which for merer five hundred years has been the Czech National Anthem. It has not always been a carol of peace, 01' even of Chris- tianity. It was almost a war cry during the revolution of 1848, when the Czechs revolted against Austrian terrorism. There is a quotation of two lines of this carol mentioning St. Wenceslas, on the enormous staâ€" (tuve of the King himself in a public square at Prague. “Wenceslas” was officially banned by the Austrian army as being an unpatriotic tune during the Great War! Unlucky was the ordinary sol- dier who even hummed the curious lilting melody to alleviate the grim- ness of war! %%%WW!§I§ The romantic cItory of this famâ€" ous carol has almost become so hack- neyed at Christmas time that the people‘ who sing it forget the hero prince who is the central figure of the Wenceslas legend. Our own Wenceslas carol has a less warlike history. The carol as we know it today is Protestant. The words were written by the man who wrote “Jerusalem the Golden"â€"the Reverend J. M. Neale. §3§i§i§i§i§i§i§i§i§3§3§i§i Has it ever struck you that alâ€" though carols should be cheerful, the tune of “Wen‘ceslas” is almost gay for any church festivity? Actually, the quaint mediaeval tune which we now associate with Wenceslas’s ad- ventures on the feast of Stephen was previously that of a special hymn for the springtime. The reverend author based his carol on the National An. them of the Czechs, and one of the most famous King Wenceslas legends is used in the theme. So once more, the ancient toast: “Christmas and the Farm: the Farm and Food”. And at this Christmastide, as in the days gone by, the farm has furn- ished‘ the chief necessaries for the Christmas feast, such as the meats, the turkeys, the geese, the ducks and chickens, the cereal foods, the vegeâ€" tables, the cream, milk, eggs, and cheese, not forgetting that many of the other essentials, the candies and confectionery, the pickles, cigars and cigarettes, are all of agricultural origin. earliest Christian days Although the Wenceslas carol is‘ a Protestant one, St. Wenceslas is a Catholic saint, who was martyred just over a thousand years ago. His kindly, generous nature en- abled him to win through when sucâ€" cess .in battle alone might have prov. ed fatal. In the end it was his s-uc- cess which resulted in his martyr- dom, for his brother Boleslav (not a Christian) eventually became jealous of his power. The King was invited to a banquet at his brother’s palace, and late that night they conspired to murder him, but the wine was too strong and they lost their courage! 0m waking early the following morning, they realized that they might be discovered if they did not act quickly. Wenceslas set Out for church on his way home, but Boleslav’s supporters and followers had made sure that the church was locked and barred so that Wenceslas could not find sanctuary. Wenceslas’s own brother tried to strike the first blow, and the King, in selfâ€"defence, managed to catch the sword and throw it on the ground. One of Boleslav’s henchmen then atâ€" tacked the King in the back, and afâ€" ter a. brief struggle Wenceslas was martyred for his faith. That much is true. But Wences- las’s kind nature caused a number of beautiful legends to grow up about him. The one thing we can be cerâ€" tain of is that he did make regular pilgrimages out into the country to help his poor subjerts, for it was this elementary form of socialism which resulted in Wenceslas being able to unite his principality. THE BIRTH :% OFA CAROLg THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Ye who have scorned each other, Or injured friend or brother In this fast fading year; Ye who by word or deed Have made a kind heart bleed, Come gather here. Let sinnedâ€"against and sinning Forget their strife’s beginning And join in friendship now; Be links no longer broken, Be sweet forgiveness spoken, Under the holly bough. Ye who have loved each other, Sister and friend and brother, In this fastâ€"fading year; Mother and sire and child“ Young man and maiden mild, Come gather here. And let your hearts grow Lender, And memory shall ,ponder Each past unbroken vow; Old loves and younger wooing Are sweet in the renewing ‘Under the holly boug‘h. As armies march across the pages of history. fighting for their rights or their wrongs as the case may be, one custom seems to have been common to them all: each carried flags and banners on which appeared the emblem of the cause. Good or bad. the caum was always blazoned forth in terms of heraldry which gradually became a. highly speci- alized study. After the (lawn of the Christian era the cross became a 11'0- mondously popular symbol and with this emblem upon their banner. many a doughty knight rode forth to do battle for his principle and to save or reclaim the Holy Lupdj‘rnln the Inlldell A uuu nun, Ado-Inn“ nu.“ “n. -.. _ Crosses of all shapes, sizes and orna- mentations have been used by innumer- able families, cities. orders. guilds. nations and causes. The Spaniards found a religious symbol among the Aztecs which was very similar to our cross. The swastika of Hitlerism is an old symbol made of several crosses. Thus the habit m’ choosing emblems has carried over into our modern civilization and clubs and such peacetime associa- tions still follow that. age-old custom. It was therefore quite the natural thing that as 1110 war against tuberculosis gathered momentum. and nation after nation took up the cause, that some international emblem should be chosen which would be symbolic. The matter was given careful consideration for it was important that the symbol should be intu'nationally accepted and have a. universal uyzpcal. and yet; it should be diâ€"cidvdly distinct from any already adopif-d international symbol such as the lntemational Symbol of the Crusade against Tuberculosis UNDER THE HOLLY BOUGH ortoft THE flflUBlEr BARRE CRBSS l seem that the tuberculosis s of the eighteen-nineties or ‘ deliberately went; out after that would have something nilicance and universal accept,- .e Red (Geneva) Cross. and nice distinguishable from it. to avoid not only the Red those of the Various saints. mhouy, Andrew and so on. also to avoid the Celtic, the Maltese and the Papal. In of Dr. D. A. Stewart. ‘After rould seem that; what they we)! might require they went And so We have the patri- ;s. the L i-raine cross of the esncnomi .'.<,th, now a. symbol mi of a. new Donular, enthusi- ‘rb )pIC ;re3tly 'abprociatéd‘ â€"â€"Charles McKay. iwaational Sam'â€" 223 Conegq Sta. 3 won with the financial sup- ! =o=o=o finsKexTING i HARRY R. ROSE 40 Yonge St. Richmond Hill East Side Yonge St., Just South Ste Sunoco Winter Oils & Greases - Complete Greasing Service Goodyear Tires & Tubes, Fan Belts & Radiator Hose Batteries charged and rented - - Batteries exchanged Hot Water Heaters, Defrosters, Radiator Covers, Chains FINDER BROS. 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