(Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
(Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
“Is there to be an arval dinner?” The arval was the traditional funeral feast celebrated throughout the Land Between the Lakes. It was customary to invite all who had known the deceased.
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(rare, chiefly, historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.
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(Scotland, &, Northern England, now, rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
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