Faiths and Folklore of the British Isles: A Descriptive and Historical Dictionary of the Superstitions, Beliefs and Popular Customs of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, from Norman Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century, with Classical and Foreign Analogues, Volume 1B. Blom, 1965 - 672 páginas |
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... called shot stars is nothing else than frosted potatoes . A night of hard frost , in the end of autumn , in which those meteors called fallen stars are seen , re- duces the potatoe to the consistence of a jelly or soft pulp having no ...
... called shot stars is nothing else than frosted potatoes . A night of hard frost , in the end of autumn , in which those meteors called fallen stars are seen , re- duces the potatoe to the consistence of a jelly or soft pulp having no ...
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... called belly - blind . In the Suio - Gothic it is called blind - hoc , i.e. blind goat ; and , in German , blind kuhe , Popish Church for the blessing of clouts in the way of cure of diseases . Can it have originated thence ? This ...
... called belly - blind . In the Suio - Gothic it is called blind - hoc , i.e. blind goat ; and , in German , blind kuhe , Popish Church for the blessing of clouts in the way of cure of diseases . Can it have originated thence ? This ...
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... called Black - Belly and Bawsy Brown . Warton thought it not unlikely that the latter might be identical with Brownie . " The spirit called Brownie , " ( says King James ) " appeared like a rough man , and haunted divers houses without ...
... called Black - Belly and Bawsy Brown . Warton thought it not unlikely that the latter might be identical with Brownie . " The spirit called Brownie , " ( says King James ) " appeared like a rough man , and haunted divers houses without ...
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Faiths and Folklore of the British Isles: A Descriptive and ..., Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt Visualização de excertos - 1965 |
Faiths and Folklore of the British Isles: A Descriptive and ..., Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt Visualização de excertos - 1965 |
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