Hours in a Public Library: Gleanings At the Norwich Free Library
Hours in a Public Library: Gleanings At the Norwich Free Library
Henry F. Euren
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Lord Coke, in his Institutes, commenting on Vol. 1. cap. xxiv. of the Statute of Westminster the Page 1, 2. Second, says that fairs are included in the enactment there made ** de mercato,^* " for every fair is a market, but every market is not a fair," and he derived the word from forumt which he said signified both a market and fair, a moH being *' a great fair holden every year, derived a merce^ because merchandises and wares are thither abundantly brought, and mercatus is derived a mercando"... The Report, on the other hand, derives the word from feriay the proper ecclesiastical term for a Saint's day. The feasts or wakes of the patron saints of the villages or districts may in some oases represent a continuation of pagan festivals, allowed to survive from motives of public policy. In this connexion we may refer to the celebrated letter of Gregory the Great to Miletus in a.d. 601, in which he directs that "some solemnity" must be provided for the English people in ex- Digitized by Google 140 HOURS IN A PtJBLIC LIBRARY.
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