Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the BordersLongmans, Green, 1866 - 344 páginas |
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... Riding ) 327 8. The Parrot ( Yorkshire ) 9. The Hand of Glory ( Yorkshire ) 10. The Golden Ball ( Yorkshire ) 11. The Prophecy ( Yorkshire ) 12. Lying Tale ( Yorkshire ) 13. The Raven ( Cornwall ) . 14. The Golden Arm 15. The Faithful ...
... Riding ) 327 8. The Parrot ( Yorkshire ) 9. The Hand of Glory ( Yorkshire ) 10. The Golden Ball ( Yorkshire ) 11. The Prophecy ( Yorkshire ) 12. Lying Tale ( Yorkshire ) 13. The Raven ( Cornwall ) . 14. The Golden Arm 15. The Faithful ...
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... Riding of Yorkshire , was in a very weak state of health , and appeared to be pining away . A neighbour looked in , and enquired if 1 ' A part of the father's clothes should be laid over a female child , and the mother's petticoat on a ...
... Riding of Yorkshire , was in a very weak state of health , and appeared to be pining away . A neighbour looked in , and enquired if 1 ' A part of the father's clothes should be laid over a female child , and the mother's petticoat on a ...
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... Riding of Yorkshire , a fourth thing , a few matches to light the child on the way to heaven . These votive offerings must be pinned in the baby's clothes , and so brought home . I have heard an old woman in Durham speak of this as the ...
... Riding of Yorkshire , a fourth thing , a few matches to light the child on the way to heaven . These votive offerings must be pinned in the baby's clothes , and so brought home . I have heard an old woman in Durham speak of this as the ...
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... Riding recipe for driving away a rainbow is , ' Make a cross of two sticks and lay four pebbles on it , one at each end . " The crow - charm is perhaps universal in our island : -- Crow , crow , get out of my sight Or else I'll eat your ...
... Riding recipe for driving away a rainbow is , ' Make a cross of two sticks and lay four pebbles on it , one at each end . " The crow - charm is perhaps universal in our island : -- Crow , crow , get out of my sight Or else I'll eat your ...
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... Riding of Yorkshire , where , on the bride's arrival at her father's door , a plate of cake is flung from an upper window upon the crowd below . An augury is then drawn from the fate which attends the plate ; the more pieces it breaks ...
... Riding of Yorkshire , where , on the bride's arrival at her father's door , a plate of cake is flung from an upper window upon the crowd below . An augury is then drawn from the fate which attends the plate ; the more pieces it breaks ...
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Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders William Henderson Visualização integral - 1879 |
Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders William Henderson Visualização integral - 1879 |
Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders William Henderson Visualização integral - 1866 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
appeared asked Barguest believe Berwickshire bird Black Heddon Border bride Brownie called candle charm child church creature Crown 8vo cure custom Dartmoor dead death Devonshire door dream Durham Edition England evil falchion farmer father fire first-foot Gabriel hounds German girl hair hand Hand of Glory hare haunted head heard Hedley Kow horse husband Killmoulis Kludde lady Lambton Lewtrenchard lived looked Lord married milk morning mother neighbourhood neighbours never night North Northumberland old woman once parish passed person pins Pixy poor Post 8vo Redcap Riding root round Scotland seen Sockburn spirit sprite Stamfordham stick Stokesley stone story superstition tells Thorpe's Mythology thou told took tree turned unlucky village wife wild wild hunt Wilkie witch witchcraft Woodcuts worm Yorkshire young
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