And what is ALES but sarpints, my Lady?"
"The Drummer's Coat"
J. W. Fortescue
Five ALES in an hour and not a dozen words; just an ordinary Britisher who didn't know how to amuse himself in Gawd's own country.
"The Voice in the Fog"
Harold MacGrath
The recreations named are dancing, archery, leaping, vaulting, May games, Witsun-ALES, morris-dancers, and setting up of May-poles.
"Old Church Lore"
William Andrews