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, Band 1B. Blom, 1965 - 672 Seiten |
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... observes that " Some of these prodigies are found in Holinshed , ' In this yeare , in a manner throughout all the realme of England , old Baie Trees withered , & c . " " This we also learn from Lupton , from Lupton , " Neyther falling ...
... observes that " Some of these prodigies are found in Holinshed , ' In this yeare , in a manner throughout all the realme of England , old Baie Trees withered , & c . " " This we also learn from Lupton , from Lupton , " Neyther falling ...
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... observes generally that birds which frequent trees and bushes , " if they do fly often out , and make quick returns , expect some bad weather to follow soon after . " Rosse , in allusion to the English Civil Wars in the seventeenth ...
... observes generally that birds which frequent trees and bushes , " if they do fly often out , and make quick returns , expect some bad weather to follow soon after . " Rosse , in allusion to the English Civil Wars in the seventeenth ...
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... observes that " It hath been a custom , and yet is_else- where , to whip the children upon Inno- conts Day morning , that the memory of Herod's murder of the Innocents might stick the closer , and in a moderate pro- portion to act over ...
... observes that " It hath been a custom , and yet is_else- where , to whip the children upon Inno- conts Day morning , that the memory of Herod's murder of the Innocents might stick the closer , and in a moderate pro- portion to act over ...
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