1626 at the Funeralls in Yorkeshire, to this day, they continue the custome of watching & sitting-up all night till the body is interred, a woman cam like a Praefica and sang the following Song in Yorkshire North Riding
Entry:
n.p.
YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING
1626
John Aubrey’s Remains of Gentilism and Judaism
BL: Lansdowne MS 231/3
ff 114-14v
Volume:
Records of Early English Drama: Yorkshire North Riding. Edited by David N. Klausner. https://ereed.library.utoronto.ca/collections/yksnr/, 2021. Accessed 24 June 2023.