Montem

"Montem," so called, perhaps, from the ceremony of a boy flourishing a flag on a small mount, occurs every third year, when the upper boys are dressed as officers, and the fags, resembling sailors, in white trowsers and blue jackets.

Confessions of an Etonian I. E. M.

Eton conducted a Montem every three years until 1847.

Dec. 6th St. Nicholas Day Joanna Waugh 2008

Eton conducted a Montem every three years until 1847.

Archive 2008-12-01 Joanna Waugh 2008

Habito itaque peregrinis conductu, ad Montem Sinay potest à Cayr vnam duarum incipere semitarum, vsque vallem Helim, vbi adhuc sunt duodecim fontes aquarum.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Habito itaque peregrinis conductu, ad Montem Sinay potest � Cayr vnam duarum incipere semitarum, vsque vallem Helim, vbi adhuc sunt duodecim fontes aquarum.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The salt, or money, then collected belonged, as is well known, to the head-boy who had "got Montem," as it (alas!) _was_ called, and who was about to enter on his career (of course as a freshman) at Cambridge.

Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 Various

Salt-cellar used for holding the Salt at Montem time.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 Various

On the other hand, the Eton Ad Montem ceremony has the look of genuine descent from the older festival, with which it has numerous features in common.

The Customs of Old England

A brief account of the origin of Montem would be interesting; and it is especially worth noting now that the pageant is suppressed.

Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 Various

I would remark, that Montem was changed from January to Whit-Tuesday, about a hundred years since: --

Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 Various