Talk:Leverington

Whirling Sunday

The Gentleman's Magazine volume 59 1789 p491-492 refers to Whirling Sunday. It refers to 'villages near Wisbech' but does not name any. It does not mention a woman baking cakes or the devil. It describes the Whirlin cakes as being made for Whirlin Sunday. The correspondent goes on 'I write Whirlin, as it sounds in my ear ; consequently, not having seen it in any Glossary which I have had opportunity to consult, I am not responsible for the orthography of the word.' 'I was going to say, that Whirlin is probably a corruption of whirlwind, and that the observance of the Sunday is to perpetuate the remembrance of a convulsion of Nature having happened in an unusual manner in the village above mentioned ; but the supposition is forbidden by the inhabitants considering the day as a festival, as I have already taken notice.' M.H. June 6 Fenlandier (talk) 19:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)