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Old 12-12-2013, 12:21   #44
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Re: Wake Weeks
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Originally Posted by yerself View Post
I thought the same as jaysay, that it was an agreement between the mill owners of the area. I did a search and found the following article:

Wakes Weeks: From the Saints to the Sea
And historians are always moaning about "Hard Times" twas banned in 1571 fer drinking n revelling, don't seem very hard to me.
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