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Thread #158811 Message #3759167
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
17-Dec-15 - 08:41 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Oak Apple Day/Shikshak
Subject: RE: Folklore: Oak Apple Day/Shikshak
idk
my quick google found
"The day is also known as Shick-Shack Day in some parts of England. A Shick-Shack may be a dialect word for Oak apple, possibly Gloucestershire but it has been suggested that in line with other terms for the day relating to the punishment of non-loyalists (e.g. Nettle Day) that it is a reference to a term for dissenters - Sh*t Sack (Foklore 1999)."
http://banjolin.co.uk/folkipedia/index.php?pageName=RoyalOakDay
and this mentions some other names
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_ND2SpImki0C&pg=PT448&lpg=PT448&dq=Castleton