 | George Soane - 1847 - 360 Seiten
...Illustration, p. 201, fol. Lend. 1720. t Ibid. p. 202. be done thrice — they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those, who are to die the next year, pass by into the church."* Hone gives a long account of a similar custom prevailing in Northamptonshire, but... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - 600 Seiten
...night till one in the morning. The third year (for this must be done thrice) they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year pass by into the church. The doomed spirits remain, for a time, in the building. Those who are destined to... | |
 | William Hone - 1888 - 876 Seiten
...night till one in the morning. The third year (for this must be done thrice,) they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year, pass by into the church. When any one sickens that is thought to have been seen in this manner, it is presently... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1904 - 212 Seiten
...Agnes' Fast, see DENHAM, ii. 282. Divination, see also I. a " WELLS " ; DENHAM, ii. 281, 286, 291. Watching on St. Mark's Eve. — Young rustics will...through the night in the church porch, with a view to seeing the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year pass by them, which they are said to... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 354 Seiten
...night till one in the morning. The third year (for this must be done thrice), they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year, pass by into the church. When any one sickens that is thought ts have been seen in this manner, it is presently... | |
 | 1826 - 504 Seiten
...night till one in the morning. The third year, (for it must be done thrice,) they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year pass by into the church. When any onosickens, that is thought to have been seen in this manner, it is presently... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1828 - 678 Seiten
...till one in the morning. On the third year, for this must be done thrice, it is supposed they will see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year, pass by, into the church. When any one sickens, who is thought to have been seen in this manner, it is presently... | |
 | 1850 - 820 Seiten
...night until one iu the morning-. The third year (for it must be done thrice) they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year pass into the church. This superstition, as may be supposed, has, in gome cases, been attended with injurious... | |
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Eve, from eleven o'clock at night till one in the morning. The third year (for this must be done thrice,) they are supposed to see the ghosts of all those who are to die the next year, pass by into the church. 
