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... fall on a saint's day ; nor observe the month of May , nor any other season or day , except the Lord's day . Let no one light torches along the highways and cross- roads ; let no one tie notes to the neck of a man or some animal ; let ...
... fall on a saint's day ; nor observe the month of May , nor any other season or day , except the Lord's day . Let no one light torches along the highways and cross- roads ; let no one tie notes to the neck of a man or some animal ; let ...
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... fall short , the mistake cannot be rectified ; there is no virtue in a second slice . The girls put these bits of cheese under their pillows , and ascribe to them the virtues of bridecake similarly treated . Now it is plain that cake ...
... fall short , the mistake cannot be rectified ; there is no virtue in a second slice . The girls put these bits of cheese under their pillows , and ascribe to them the virtues of bridecake similarly treated . Now it is plain that cake ...
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... fall down the lum ( or chimney ) , and looking out she saw a waxen image of her baby , stuck full of pins , lying on the hearth . When her husband came home he made up a large fire and threw the fairy lump upon it ; but instead of ...
... fall down the lum ( or chimney ) , and looking out she saw a waxen image of her baby , stuck full of pins , lying on the hearth . When her husband came home he made up a large fire and threw the fairy lump upon it ; but instead of ...
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... falls outside . A scramble ensues , for it is deemed very fortunate to get a piece of the short - bread , and dreams of sweethearts attend its being placed under the pillow . A variation of this custom extends as far south as the East ...
... falls outside . A scramble ensues , for it is deemed very fortunate to get a piece of the short - bread , and dreams of sweethearts attend its being placed under the pillow . A variation of this custom extends as far south as the East ...
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... fall into trouble , and so weak as to show it by crying , he is quickly beset by his companions , who rub him down with their coat- sleeves , and that in such rough style as to make him forget past troubles in present discomfort . It is ...
... fall into trouble , and so weak as to show it by crying , he is quickly beset by his companions , who rub him down with their coat- sleeves , and that in such rough style as to make him forget past troubles in present discomfort . It is ...
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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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