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... asked for one in 1779 , twelve pounds in 1813 , six guineas in 1848. In this last case the caul was of some antiquity , and fifteen pounds had originally been given for it by a seaman , who had carried it about with him for thirty years ...
... asked for one in 1779 , twelve pounds in 1813 , six guineas in 1848. In this last case the caul was of some antiquity , and fifteen pounds had originally been given for it by a seaman , who had carried it about with him for thirty years ...
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... asked , at last . Please , sir , ' was the bridegroom's an- swer , ' ye've no kissed Molly . ' And my old friend , the late Dr. Raine , used to relate how the Rev. T. E. , Sacrist of the Cathedral and Vicar of Merrington , in- variably ...
... asked , at last . Please , sir , ' was the bridegroom's an- swer , ' ye've no kissed Molly . ' And my old friend , the late Dr. Raine , used to relate how the Rev. T. E. , Sacrist of the Cathedral and Vicar of Merrington , in- variably ...
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... asked the sexton the reason of so extraordinary a movement . The re- ply was as follows , ' Why , ye wad no hae them carry the dead again the sun ; the dead maun aye go wi ' the sun . ' This custom is doubtless an ancient British or ...
... asked the sexton the reason of so extraordinary a movement . The re- ply was as follows , ' Why , ye wad no hae them carry the dead again the sun ; the dead maun aye go wi ' the sun . ' This custom is doubtless an ancient British or ...
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... ago , being told by a clergyman of that county that he had been frequently asked to ' bless the house ' after a death had taken place in it . CHAPTER II . DAYS AND SEASONS . Christmas - The PRIEST'S VISIT AFTER A DEATH . 47.
... ago , being told by a clergyman of that county that he had been frequently asked to ' bless the house ' after a death had taken place in it . CHAPTER II . DAYS AND SEASONS . Christmas - The PRIEST'S VISIT AFTER A DEATH . 47.
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... asking for Christmas gifts . This custom prevails also in the West Riding of Yorkshire , where the widows ask and commonly receive at the farmers ' houses a small measure of wheat , and they call it ' going a Thomasing . ' St. Stephen's ...
... asking for Christmas gifts . This custom prevails also in the West Riding of Yorkshire , where the widows ask and commonly receive at the farmers ' houses a small measure of wheat , and they call it ' going a Thomasing . ' St. Stephen's ...
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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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