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Lundy Day, was celebrated by some Derry men and other Ulster boys, the following being a description of the celebration by an Officer. Two Lundy's had been prepared, one large and the other small. Some of the inhabitants suggested that they were father and son. The father was about eleven feet long, stuffed with straw, and with rockets put in unexpected places. He had large wooden feet and wire knees, and his head filled with gunpowder and surrounded by a large yellow trimmed hat in the shape of an Admiral's. On his chest was a placard bearing the words
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Lundy the traitor. The procession, headed by torchlights and band, marched through the village playing such airs as
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No Surrender,
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Derry Walls and
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The Boyne Water.