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PRE-HISTORY IN ESSEX.
XXII.—Folk Lore.
"Fifty Years Ago in Essex" (H. Laver, E.N., iii., p.27). Records
old customs, etc. 314
Funeral Garlands (E.N., vi., 1892, pp. 99, 105, 117). 315
Folk-lore and Dialect of Essex (G. Day, E.N., viii., 1894, pp.
71-85). Includes notes on the divining-rod. 316
"Sarsen Stones," Origin of Term (T. V. Holmes, E.N., xiii.,
1904, pp. 275-279). 317
Sacred Fire (E.N., xiii., 1904, p. 303). Ceremony of producing
sacred fire with flint and steel at Westminster Cathedral
in 1904. All the lights were extinguished and re-lighted
from the sacred fire [332]. 318
Epping Forest, Ancient Hunting Rights, etc. (J. E. Harting,
E.N., i., 1887, pp. 46-62). Waltham is said to have been
founded on account of the abundance of deer in the Forest
by Tovi, standard-bearer to Canute, who built houses for
66 inhabitants. 319
Epping Forest (W. C. Waller, E.N., viii., 1894, PP-
31-35). 320
Forests of Essex (J. C. Shenstone, E.N.. xv., 1908, pp. 105-
115, map of Essex showing forest areas). Gives much
important historical and archaeological information. 321
XXIII.—Miscellaneous.
Dug-out Canoes, Thames and Lea Alluvium (E.N., xii., 1902,
pp. 163-166, section). The evidence of position on the
Romano-British peat surface suggested that one of these
was of that date. A second found on a lower horizon
contained a polished flint axe and a scraper [137, etc.]. 322
Old "clinker-built" Boat, Temple Mills (E.N., xii., 1902, p. 180)
[137]. 323
Tot-boilers, Holt Wood, Hants (J. C. Jervoise, T. & P., ii„
1881, p. 11). Found in heaps near water. 324
Pot-boiler Site, Debden Slade, Epping Forest (S. H. Warren,
xvi., 1911, p 243). A floor of calcined flints found beside
a streamlet. [I have since found two other similar sites
beside Forest streamlets.] 325
[Vide also, 143, 241.]
The Maze, Saffron Walden (G. N. Maynard, E.N., iii., 1889,
pp. 244-247, plan). The maze is situated on the Common,
It covers an area of about 138 by 100 feet, and is surrounded
by a ditch and bank. The continuous path, which is cut
in the turf, is said to be nearly a mile in length. Such mazes
are known as "Troy Towns," or "Walls." or "Citadel
of Troy" (Welsh "Caerdroia"). As to the purpose of