Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

The conductor and candidate now pass on to the
Senior Warden in the west, where they pass
precisely the same examination as that just
described with the Junior Warden. The Senior
Warden then permits them to pass on to the
Worshipful Master in the east for his
examination. As they (the candidate and
conductor) approach the Master's station in the
east, and when nearly there, he (the Master) says:
W. M.--Brother Senior Deacon, you will
reconduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in
the west, with my orders that he teach him how to
wear his apron as a Fellow Craft.
It should be here remarked, that when a candidate
is prepared in the ante-room for the Fellow
Craft's degree, he has an apron tied on him, with
the flap up, as worn by an Entered Apprentice,
which he wears until he arrives at this part of the
ceremony.
The Deacon now conducts the candidate to the
Senior Warden's station. This officer leaves his
seat, and, approaching candidate, turns the flap of
his apron down, at the same time saying--Brother,
at the building of King Solomon's Temple, the
Fellow
p. 70
Crafts wore their aprons with the flap turned
down and the corner turned up, and thus you will
wear yours, until further advanced. (Tucks a
corner under the string.)
The conductor now
reconducts the candidate
to the Worshipful
Master in the east.
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continues]