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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... person of light hair having been the first to enter a dwelling on the mornings re- ferred to . I have known instances , where such persons , innocently presenting them- selves , have met with anything but a Christmas welcome . It was ...
... person of light hair having been the first to enter a dwelling on the mornings re- ferred to . I have known instances , where such persons , innocently presenting them- selves , have met with anything but a Christmas welcome . It was ...
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... person dreamed that hee saw the burnt with lightning , and not long after outward pillar or bed - post smitten and dyed his wife . 9. To thinke thy selfe drawne by force of a dead person knowne to thee , vnto a place vnknowne , doth ...
... person dreamed that hee saw the burnt with lightning , and not long after outward pillar or bed - post smitten and dyed his wife . 9. To thinke thy selfe drawne by force of a dead person knowne to thee , vnto a place vnknowne , doth ...
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... person that you drink to , which I never knew before ; but it seems it is now the fashion . " In 1666 , at the Bear Garden , on a thanks - giving day , the Diarist drank Mercer's health with his hat off . But in 1668 , at Sir George ...
... person that you drink to , which I never knew before ; but it seems it is now the fashion . " In 1666 , at the Bear Garden , on a thanks - giving day , the Diarist drank Mercer's health with his hat off . But in 1668 , at Sir George ...
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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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