Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk LoreBell and Daldy, 1859 - 304 Seiten |
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... ancient mythology of these islands ? In the meanwhile, he who reads them aright will find among them many touches of a loving nature, and no small amount of the poetical element ; and there can be little doubt that when the Folk Lore of ...
... ancient mythology of these islands ? In the meanwhile, he who reads them aright will find among them many touches of a loving nature, and no small amount of the poetical element ; and there can be little doubt that when the Folk Lore of ...
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... ancient mythology of these islands ? In the meanwhile , he who reads them aright will find among them many touches of a loving nature , and no small amount of the poetical element ; and there can be little doubt that when the FOLK LORE ...
... ancient mythology of these islands ? In the meanwhile , he who reads them aright will find among them many touches of a loving nature , and no small amount of the poetical element ; and there can be little doubt that when the FOLK LORE ...
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... ancient superstition attached to the crossing of the path by one of these animals , there is also a belief that the running of one along the street or mainway of a village portends fire to some house in the immediate vicinity . Toads ...
... ancient superstition attached to the crossing of the path by one of these animals , there is also a belief that the running of one along the street or mainway of a village portends fire to some house in the immediate vicinity . Toads ...
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... ancient batchelour , who looked very young , that she thought he had eaten a snake : ' No , mistris , ' ( said he ) , ' it is because I never meddled with any snakes which maketh me look so young . ' " - Holy State , 1642 , p . 36 ...
... ancient batchelour , who looked very young , that she thought he had eaten a snake : ' No , mistris , ' ( said he ) , ' it is because I never meddled with any snakes which maketh me look so young . ' " - Holy State , 1642 , p . 36 ...
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... ancient pastimes is nothing more than a compound of our English adjective " merry " and a corrup- tion of the Latin word " Ludi , " which these masquings were formerly termed . the ridiculous and exaggerated oddity of the Vizors , and ...
... ancient pastimes is nothing more than a compound of our English adjective " merry " and a corrup- tion of the Latin word " Ludi , " which these masquings were formerly termed . the ridiculous and exaggerated oddity of the Vizors , and ...
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Aberystruth ancient appeared Banbury bees believe body called Candlemas Day castle Charlcombe charm child church Claridge common Cornwall cure curious custom CUTHBERT BEDE Davy dead death Diodorus Siculus door England evil eyes fairies farmer father fire Fuenvicouil funeral give Gobawn hand heard hives horse hounds informed instance intuitive knowledge John jour king lady legend Lord LORE luck moon morning neighbourhood neighbours never night Obeah old Saxon language parish person piskies pommeuse poor proverb Pwcca rain readers remedy rhyme Ribbesford ring round Saint-Clément Sainte-Luce seen Sextus Empiricus Shepherd of Banbury's Sir Richard Baker soul spirits stone story superstition supposed tell things thou tion told tradition unlucky Ussheen village warts weather wind wine witch woman young δὲ ἐν καὶ τῷ τῶν
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 109 - My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne ; And, all this day, an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
Seite 149 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
Seite 105 - How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry! which their keepers call A lightning before death: O, how may I Call this a lightning?
Seite 106 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Seite 50 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin! Kate soon will be a woefu
Seite 71 - One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth— Four on 'em!
Seite 106 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Seite 205 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Seite 181 - With a pudding on Sundays, with stout humming liquor, And remnants of Latin to welcome the vicar...
Seite 203 - Obion is still the Egyptian name for a serpent.' Moses, in the name of God, forbids the Israelites ever to inquire of the demon Ob, which is translated in our Bible, charmer or wizard, 'divinator aut sorcilegus.