 This is similar to the ritual of "stalling the rogue" mentioned by Thomas Harman and in "The Beggars Bush" and by Bampfylde Moore Carew.A tradition was reported of annual visits to the grave of Charles Boswell near Doncaster for more than 100 years into the 1820s, including a rite of pouring a flagon of hot ale into the tomb.This may be same person.