Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1899 — Guernsey New Year Custom. [ARTICLE]

Guernsey New Year Custom.

In the island of Guernsey it used to be the practice of the children on the last day of the year to dress up a figure in the shape of a man, and, after parading it through the parish, to bury it on the seashore or in some retired spot.