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... Wild Huntsman - Sneezing · PAGE 83 CHAPTER V. CHARMS AND SPELLS . For Warts - Ringworm - Whooping - cough - Toothache - Weak Eyes- Epilepsy - Erysipelas - Ague - St . Vitus ' Dance - Bleeding at the Nose - Goitre - Worms - Cramp ...
... Wild Huntsman - Sneezing · PAGE 83 CHAPTER V. CHARMS AND SPELLS . For Warts - Ringworm - Whooping - cough - Toothache - Weak Eyes- Epilepsy - Erysipelas - Ague - St . Vitus ' Dance - Bleeding at the Nose - Goitre - Worms - Cramp ...
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... wild hunt , and that the man of the party is Wodin or Odin . The horse is evidently the white steed , Gleipmir , of the ancient god . ' New Year's Eve is one of the nights on which it is deemed highly unlucky in the Borders to let the ...
... wild hunt , and that the man of the party is Wodin or Odin . The horse is evidently the white steed , Gleipmir , of the ancient god . ' New Year's Eve is one of the nights on which it is deemed highly unlucky in the Borders to let the ...
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... wild legend reminds me more of one which a relation of mine elicited from a poor Devonshire shoemaker . She was remonstrating with him for his indolence and want of spirit , when he astonished her by replying , ' Dont'ee be hard on me ...
... wild legend reminds me more of one which a relation of mine elicited from a poor Devonshire shoemaker . She was remonstrating with him for his indolence and want of spirit , when he astonished her by replying , ' Dont'ee be hard on me ...
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... wild corn of the sand - flats : melr also signifies sandy land . Both are derived from the same root , which means to grind to dust . It has come to be applied to corn because it can be made into meal - to sand , because it is pounded ...
... wild corn of the sand - flats : melr also signifies sandy land . Both are derived from the same root , which means to grind to dust . It has come to be applied to corn because it can be made into meal - to sand , because it is pounded ...
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... wild rose . How All - Hallowe'en is kept in Scotland , English readers well know from Burns ' poem on the subject . It is an evening of mirth and hilarity , and many divina- tions into futurity take place during its mystic hours . The ...
... wild rose . How All - Hallowe'en is kept in Scotland , English readers well know from Burns ' poem on the subject . It is an evening of mirth and hilarity , and many divina- tions into futurity take place during its mystic hours . The ...
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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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