 | Giuseppe Acerbi - 1802 - 448 sidor
...century ago in fome parts of Scotland, and which, according to tradition, was once general, almoft as grofs as that of the Finlanders. On the day after...women to wear, fufpended at their girdles, the cafe or fheath of a knife, a$ a fign that they are unmarried, and would have no objection to a hufband. When... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 sidor
...back a large pannier full of stones, which he was obliged to carry until the bride, in token that she was no longer a maiden, came and relieved him of the'...by throwing the pannier on the ground. . / In. one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be 'observed, is equal in -extent to a whole province... | |
 | 1803 - 892 sidor
...back a large pannier full of stones, which he was obliged to carry until the bride, in token that she was no longer a maiden, came and relieved him of the...load, by throwing the pannier on the ground. In one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be observed, is equal in extent to a whole province... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 892 sidor
...back a large pannier full of stones, which lie was obliged to carry until the bride, in token that she was no longer a maiden, came and relieved him of the heavy load, by throwing the rxiunicr OB 'the ground. In one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be observed, is... | |
 | 1803 - 866 sidor
...stones, which he. was obliged to carry until the bride, in token that she was no longer a maiden, eame and relieved him of the heavy load, by throwing the pannier on the ground. In one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be observed, is equal jn extent to a whole province... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 sidor
...back a large pannier full of stones., which he was obliged to carry until the bride, in token that she was no longer a maiden, came and relieved him of the...heavy load, by throwing the pannier on the ground. In the parish of Kenir, before the day appointed or proposed for the marriage ceremony, the young people... | |
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... heavy load, by throwing the pannier on the ground. In one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be observed, is equal in extent to a whole province of most other countries), it is the custom for young women to wear, suspended at their... 