Father Brindle is a Fylde man, is about 45 years of age, and is a thoroughly healthy subject.
There is a singular custom still kept up at Great Marton, in the Fylde district, on this day.
At first the troops seemed to have come from South Lancashire, those from the Fylde being called up at the end of a fortnight.
Many of these "clay biggins" still remain in the Fylde district and the northern parts of Lancashire.
In parts of Lancashire, especially in the Fylde, these traces of a heathen cult still linger.
