Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Supersititions, Volumen2Charles Knight and Company, 1841 |
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... mentioned as a puritan , and conse- quently one who did not duly distinguish be- tween the institution itself and the degenerate abuse of it . Borlase says , the Parish Feasts instituted in commemoration of the dedication of paro- chial ...
... mentioned as a puritan , and conse- quently one who did not duly distinguish be- tween the institution itself and the degenerate abuse of it . Borlase says , the Parish Feasts instituted in commemoration of the dedication of paro- chial ...
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... mentioned in the above Glossary under the name of Kemping , ( ) which is explained " the contending of Shearers or ... mention this in his Description of the Orkney Islands , 4to . Edinb . 1805 . ( b ) In the Statistical Account of ...
... mentioned in the above Glossary under the name of Kemping , ( ) which is explained " the contending of Shearers or ... mention this in his Description of the Orkney Islands , 4to . Edinb . 1805 . ( b ) In the Statistical Account of ...
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... Mention occurs in the Old Testament of the festive entertainments of the former on this occasion , particularly in the second book of Samuel , where Absalom the King's son was master of the feast . And Varro may be consulted for the ...
... Mention occurs in the Old Testament of the festive entertainments of the former on this occasion , particularly in the second book of Samuel , where Absalom the King's son was master of the feast . And Varro may be consulted for the ...
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... mentioning an old man of the age of 103 years , says : " His ac- count of himself is , that he was born in the Borrowing Days of the year that King William came in . " A note adds , " that is on one of the three last days of March 1688 ...
... mentioning an old man of the age of 103 years , says : " His ac- count of himself is , that he was born in the Borrowing Days of the year that King William came in . " A note adds , " that is on one of the three last days of March 1688 ...
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... or houres , or any other ceremonious rites , in gather- ing his herbs and other simples for the making of drougs and receipts . " At thee nd of an ancient MS . mentioned in the Duke de la Valiere's Catalogue , tom . i 29 29.
... or houres , or any other ceremonious rites , in gather- ing his herbs and other simples for the making of drougs and receipts . " At thee nd of an ancient MS . mentioned in the Duke de la Valiere's Catalogue , tom . i 29 29.
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Página 31 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard, The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine ; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Página 288 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 233 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave...
Página 288 - O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream; Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
Página 292 - Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and trot about them round. But if, to ride, My backe they stride, More swift than wind away I go, Ore hedge and lands, Thro...
Página 152 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Página 288 - Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Página 288 - Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees: O'er ladies...
Página 14 - By whose tough labours, and rough hands, We rip up first, then reap our lands. Crown'd with the eares of corne, now come, And, to the Pipe, sing Harvest home.
Página 32 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.