Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

The Curfew

By W.

*The Curfew*, of which some inquiries have appeared in the "NOTES AND QUERIES," is generally rung in the north of England. But then it is also common in the south of Scotland. I have heard it in Kelso, and other towns in Roxburghshire. The latter circumstance would appear to prove that it cannot have originated with the Norman conqueror, to whom it is attributed.

Topics: Curfew, Historical Customs

Locations: north of England, south of Scotland, Kelso, Roxburghshire