Flitch of bacon custom every leap year. The oath to be taken was very similar to the one at Whichnoure, that "neither of them in a year and a day, neither sleeping or waking, repented of their marriage". The couple are required to kneel on sharp stones in the churchyard while taking the oath and a verse was chanted; Following the taking of the oath, the couple are then paraded around the town with their bacon in a noisy ceremony, much as at Whichnoure. The historical Dunmow flitch is known to have been successfully claimed only a total of six times, although there may
A Carol for Another Christmas TCM.com. The print used by TCM does not contain Mancini's theme and instead substitutes a recording of children singing traditional carols. As of 2015, the film has not been released on video, DVD or other home media. A Carol for Another Christmas A Carol for Another Christmas (also known as Carol for Another Christmas) is a 1964 American television film, scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and a plea for global cooperation. It was the first in a planned series of television specials developed to promote the United Nations and educate viewers about