Restoration, the resumption of monarchical government on the return of Charles II. to his kingdom, May 29, 1660. A form of prayer for that day was annexed to the Common Prayer-book from then until 1859; and, in commemoration of Boscobel (q.v.), 'Oak-apple Day' was long also celebrated by the displaying and wearing of branches and sprigs of oak, with gilded oak-apples.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 667
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