In a message dated 22/11/2007 11:32:40 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I'm now wondering what happened to the coins collected on Bounder Day in the pot paid for by the Parish. Surely there must have been a reason other than 'winner-takes-all' gambling for collecting the money. Would it have gone into Parish funds? It seems unlikely it was used, as raffle prizes are today, at the dinner at the 'Britannia' Mary: Since we have (a) money and (b) a pub, no more need be said! One way or another, I'm sure the money would have ended up "behind the bar". Remember that we are talking about the days of the Regency, when all manner of drinking and feasting seem to have been the done things, at least among those who could afford it, possibly even more so than today. Geoff Nicholson