Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the BordersLongmans, Green, 1866 - 344 páginas |
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... side the bride in the bridal hed , in preparation for her first confinement.2 In Oxfordshire , the cake used to be cut first in the middle and gradually shaped to a ring , through which the child was passed on its christ- ening - day ...
... side the bride in the bridal hed , in preparation for her first confinement.2 In Oxfordshire , the cake used to be cut first in the middle and gradually shaped to a ring , through which the child was passed on its christ- ening - day ...
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... side , when suddenly she became aware of a confused noise of talking and merry laughter in the spence , ' or room . This , in fact , proceeded from the fairies , who were forming a child of wax as a substitute for the baby , which they ...
... side , when suddenly she became aware of a confused noise of talking and merry laughter in the spence , ' or room . This , in fact , proceeded from the fairies , who were forming a child of wax as a substitute for the baby , which they ...
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... side o ' yonder sea ; Your bairn lies greetin like to dee , And the big teardrop is in his e'e . The Drumaw is a high hill skirting the sea in the east of Berwickshire . It was a bold flight of fancy to per- sonify the rainbow , and ...
... side o ' yonder sea ; Your bairn lies greetin like to dee , And the big teardrop is in his e'e . The Drumaw is a high hill skirting the sea in the east of Berwickshire . It was a bold flight of fancy to per- sonify the rainbow , and ...
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... side - bone ) , for she who gets it on her wedding - day is sure to be happy in her husband . 6 To rub shoulders with the bride or bridegroom is deemed an augury of speedy marriage and , again , she who receives from the bride a piece ...
... side - bone ) , for she who gets it on her wedding - day is sure to be happy in her husband . 6 To rub shoulders with the bride or bridegroom is deemed an augury of speedy marriage and , again , she who receives from the bride a piece ...
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... side of midnight for three succes- sive years . On the third year they will see the forms of those doomed to die within the twelvemonth passing one by one into the church . If the watcher fall asleep during his vigil he will die himself ...
... side of midnight for three succes- sive years . On the third year they will see the forms of those doomed to die within the twelvemonth passing one by one into the church . If the watcher fall asleep during his vigil he will die himself ...
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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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