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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... refers to barnacles in his MS . Diary ( 1535 ) , giving an account of English and Scotish customs , & c . : There are trees ( he says ) in Scotland from which birds are produced he is told it is doubtedly true ; those birds which fall ...
... refers to barnacles in his MS . Diary ( 1535 ) , giving an account of English and Scotish customs , & c . : There are trees ( he says ) in Scotland from which birds are produced he is told it is doubtedly true ; those birds which fall ...
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... refers to the same phenomenon : " In North- amptonshire I observed , as in most other places , the superstition of the country people with regard to their local wonders . The well at Oundle is said to drum against any important event ...
... refers to the same phenomenon : " In North- amptonshire I observed , as in most other places , the superstition of the country people with regard to their local wonders . The well at Oundle is said to drum against any important event ...
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... refers to this as a peculiar cus- made from them of the place . I tom ; but he points out that " the custom had this story from Mr. Clarke himself . " was not so peculiar , but appears to have Original letter from Fr. Morgan at been an ...
... refers to this as a peculiar cus- made from them of the place . I tom ; but he points out that " the custom had this story from Mr. Clarke himself . " was not so peculiar , but appears to have Original letter from Fr. Morgan at been an ...
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