I iTHE NOMINATIONS OF SHERIFFS
... THE NOMINATIONS OF SHERIFFS. The ancient and interesting ceremony popularly known as pricking the sheriffs took place in the Court of the Lord Chief Justice of England on Monday, the morrow of St. Martin, the day set apart for the ceremony falling on Sunday. What really takes place on the morrow of St. Martin is not the pricking of the sheriffs, but the nom- ination of three gentlemen, ...