Many colliers in Lancashire were working on Monday in consequence of briskness in the coal industry, including those of two of the three large firms in the Manchester district. A large number of miners however, absented themselves, many being superstitious as to the danger of working underground on the last day of the century. On the same ground many abstain from working on the opening day after a holiday.
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5th January 1901.
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