The Upright Man

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The Upright Man

In the sixteenth century, the vagabonds and beggars of Britain were organized into unions with rules and grades. Of these grades, the order of the "Upright Man" seems to have had some special significance and authority, and it is believed by some authorities to have descended from the folk adherents of paganism, the "Old Religion," or witchcraft.

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