Make the Night Hideous: Four English Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940 by Pauline Greenhill
Make the Night Hideous: Four English Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940

Pauline Greenhill

Make the Night Hideous: Four English Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940

Pauline Greenhill

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The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a quête (a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance) and/or pranks. Up to the fi...

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