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Gentleman's Magazine 1867 part 2 p.363

We never forget the tears that fell upon that fatal day.
King Charles the Second restored the Crown on the twenty-ninth of May

"Now when the King was dead and gon, the Prince could not be found,
Altho' they searched ev'ry where with many a huge a sound:
He was preserved in a Oak, in a Royal Oak, I say;
King Charles the Second enjoy'd his own on the Twenty-ninth of May."
I am, &.
M. J.
10. MR. URBAN, - The observance of the 29th of May under the above name is so common as not to need mention in the pages of the GENTLEMAN'S mAGAZINE; but I believe the name applied to the day in this part of the country has not hitherto been recorded by you.
The juvenile community hold up this day by the name of "Oak-Bob Day;" which, I understand, is so applied because, in case of any being found without "saplings" on that morning, they are compelled to take a "bob" - in Lancashire parlance - by having their hair pulled till the obeisance is deemed satisfactory. This seems to have escaped the notice of writers on the Lake District, although it is said to be a very ancient local custom.
The word "oak" is here pronounced "yak."
Hoping you can find space, - I am, &c.
WILLIAM MURRAY BROOKES.
The Schools, Egton-cum-Newland, Newton-in-Cartmel.
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