Parish ale
parish ale church ale party festivity english parish ale chief drink typically fundraising occasion parish might include music dancing common later middle age parish ale encountered opposition english reformation though survived modern time form word ale sense aledrinking party part many compound term type party festivity based consumption ale beer thus leetale held leet manorial court day lambale held lambshearing whitsunale held whitsun clerkale churchale etc word bridal originally derives brideale wedding feast organised raise money couple bidale common throughout england benefit feast general invitation given attending expected make contribution help object benefit usually poor person family charitable cause morris dancing used common entertainment parish ale meeting morris dancer today still called morris ale parish festival much ecclesiastical social importance medieval england chief purpose churchale originally instituted honour church saint clerkale facilitate collection parish due make profit church sale ale church warden profit kept parish church repair distributed alms poor church must owe knowfor drooping ready fallby whitsun churchale shall goand owe repairing pot good ale gallery tower arch st agnes cawston norfolk inscribed god speed ploughand give u good ale enow merry gladewith good ale work made beam screen church thorpelesoken essex following inscription raised blackletter scroll held two angel cost bachelers made ale thesn ther med date feast usually held barn near church churchyard tudor time churchales held sunday gradually parishales limited whitsun season still local survival college university used brew ale hold festival known collegeales ale still brewed famous like chancellor queen college archdeacon merton college oxford audit ale trinity cambridge short piece printed manchester time quoted jefferson book clergy churchale often called whitsunale generally held whitsuntide necessary speak greater length far important institution bidale clerkale ordinary official giver churchale two warden collecting subscription money kind every one fairly welltodo parishioner provided revel infrequently passed wake costliness diversity amusement board everyone received welcome could pay entertainment loaded good cheer feasters eaten drunk contentment excess took part sport turf churchyard sward village green athlete parish distinguished wrestling boxing quoit throwing child cheered mummer morris dancer round maypole decorated ribbon lad lass plied nimble foot music fife bagpipe drum fiddle wearied exercise reveller returned replenished board seldom feast designed begin end day protracted demoralising debauch week even month duration manchester time carnival charter fair dudsday traditional scottish festival day kermesse merry englandorigins theme – historical context legacy patronal festival whitsun traditional english day fairsfestivals frühschoppen beerdrinking session churchgoer germany austria