Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk LoreBell and Daldy, 1859 - 304 sidor |
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... story of that town hath it ) was admonished by a vision in his sleep , to set on the foundation of a bridge near a rock , which he should find rowled from the higher grounds upon the strand . This he esteemed but a dream ; yet , to ...
... story of that town hath it ) was admonished by a vision in his sleep , to set on the foundation of a bridge near a rock , which he should find rowled from the higher grounds upon the strand . This he esteemed but a dream ; yet , to ...
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... story ; but we abound in other traditions . According to some a priest , according to others the Devil , stamped his foot into the church wall at Brindle , to prove the truth of Popery ; and " George Marsh the Martyr " did the same at ...
... story ; but we abound in other traditions . According to some a priest , according to others the Devil , stamped his foot into the church wall at Brindle , to prove the truth of Popery ; and " George Marsh the Martyr " did the same at ...
Sida 72
... stories of pisky changelings , the only proof of whose parentage was , that " they didn't goodey " ( thrive ) . It would seem that fairy children of some growth are occasionally entrusted to human care for a time , and recalled ; and ...
... stories of pisky changelings , the only proof of whose parentage was , that " they didn't goodey " ( thrive ) . It would seem that fairy children of some growth are occasionally entrusted to human care for a time , and recalled ; and ...
Sida 73
... stories of the piskys - led , of which this neigh- bourhood can furnish several authentic instances , for the following ancient legends , all careful copies of oral tradi- tions . Colman Grey . - A farmer , who formerly lived on an ...
... stories of the piskys - led , of which this neigh- bourhood can furnish several authentic instances , for the following ancient legends , all careful copies of oral tradi- tions . Colman Grey . - A farmer , who formerly lived on an ...
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... story . The goblet is unfortunately not now to be produced for the satisfaction of those who may still doubt ; but we are assured that it remained the property of the lad's family for generations after . - The Pisky Threshers . — The ...
... story . The goblet is unfortunately not now to be produced for the satisfaction of those who may still doubt ; but we are assured that it remained the property of the lad's family for generations after . - The Pisky Threshers . — The ...
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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.