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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Página 120
... poor labouring hinds and maid - servants , with the plow - boys , went nimbly to dan- cing ; the poor toyling wretches being glad of my company , because they had little or no sport at all till I came amongst them ; and therefore they ...
... poor labouring hinds and maid - servants , with the plow - boys , went nimbly to dan- cing ; the poor toyling wretches being glad of my company , because they had little or no sport at all till I came amongst them ; and therefore they ...
Página 145
... poor on St. Thomas's Day , to go with a bag to beg corn of the farmers , which they called going a - corn- ing . Cornish Leechdoms . - Communi- cated by the late T. Q. Couch . There are numerous disjointed fragments of super- stition ...
... poor on St. Thomas's Day , to go with a bag to beg corn of the farmers , which they called going a - corn- ing . Cornish Leechdoms . - Communi- cated by the late T. Q. Couch . There are numerous disjointed fragments of super- stition ...
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... poor people , a custom , almost obsolete in other parts of Scotland , is continued here . The beadle perambulates the streets with a bell , and intimates the death of the individual in the following language : All brethren and sisters ...
... poor people , a custom , almost obsolete in other parts of Scotland , is continued here . The beadle perambulates the streets with a bell , and intimates the death of the individual in the following language : All brethren and sisters ...
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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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