Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk LoreBell and Daldy, 1859 - 304 sidor |
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... known to myself . 1. The church of Breedon , in Leicestershire , stands alone on a high hill , the village being at its foot . The hill is so steep on the side towards the village , that a carriage can only ascend by taking a very ...
... known to myself . 1. The church of Breedon , in Leicestershire , stands alone on a high hill , the village being at its foot . The hill is so steep on the side towards the village , that a carriage can only ascend by taking a very ...
Sida 11
... known as the “ cramp - bone . ” This is worn as near the skin as possible , and at night is laid under the pillow . One instance of a human patella being thus used has come under my notice , but I believe this to be by no means common ...
... known as the “ cramp - bone . ” This is worn as near the skin as possible , and at night is laid under the pillow . One instance of a human patella being thus used has come under my notice , but I believe this to be by no means common ...
Sida 12
... known as the west or sty , it is customary for the sufferer , on the first night of the new moon , to procure the tail of a black cat , and after pulling from it one hair , rub the tip nine times over the pustule . As this has a very ...
... known as the west or sty , it is customary for the sufferer , on the first night of the new moon , to procure the tail of a black cat , and after pulling from it one hair , rub the tip nine times over the pustule . As this has a very ...
Sida 16
... known better , exclaim on the danger of gazing upon one of the harmless reptiles . The idea respecting the fascinating powers of the toad , is by no means confined to our district . Witness the learned Cardan : " Fascinari pueros fixo ...
... known better , exclaim on the danger of gazing upon one of the harmless reptiles . The idea respecting the fascinating powers of the toad , is by no means confined to our district . Witness the learned Cardan : " Fascinari pueros fixo ...
Sida 17
... known and understood only by the initiated in such matters . Gaule , in his Mag - astromancers Posed and Puzzled , Lond . 1652 , p . 181. , ranks among evil omens " the falling of swallows down the chimney " and the " grunting of swine ...
... known and understood only by the initiated in such matters . Gaule , in his Mag - astromancers Posed and Puzzled , Lond . 1652 , p . 181. , ranks among evil omens " the falling of swallows down the chimney " and the " grunting of swine ...
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Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk Lore P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1859 |
Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk Lore P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1859 |
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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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?
Sida 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.
Sida 50 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin! Kate soon will be a woefu
Sida 71 - One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth— Four on 'em!
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 181 - With a pudding on Sundays, with stout humming liquor, And remnants of Latin to welcome the vicar...
Sida 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.