 | Thomas Pennant - 1772 - 390 Seiten
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and fhnging it over his fhoulders, fays, 'This I give to (bee, pre/erve tbo* my borfes; this to tbte ^... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 498 Seiten
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging ic over his • Which was not till the year 1736. t My account of this, and every other ceremony... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 508 Seiten
...prefervtr of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his • Which was not till the year 1736. f My account of this, and every other ceremony... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 Seiten
...Preferver of their Flocks and Herds, or to fome particular Animal, the real Deftroyer of them: Each Perfon then turns his Face to the Fire, breaks off a Knob, and flinging it over his Shoulders, fays, this I give to thee, preferve thou my Horfes; this to thee, preferve... | |
 | William Hutchinson - 1778 - 544 Seiten
...of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real ** deftroyer of them ; each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a '* knob, and flinging it over his ihoulder, fays, this I give to thee, preferve " thou my horfes ; this to thee,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1783 - 280 Seiten
...of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the r<.al deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his fhoulder, fays, This I give to thee, frtfervt thou my horfts • this to thee,... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 Seiten
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his * Which was not till the year 1736. -j- My account of this, and every other ceremony... | |
 | Thomas Rudge - 1803 - 432 Seiten
...way of libation ; on that every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square nobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give thee, preserve thou my horses; this to tbee, preserve... | |
 | 1804 - 452 Seiten
...raised nine square knobs; each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their nocki and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his And again he says, " in the reign of Henry VI. the aldermetx sheriffs of London,... | |
 | 1804 - 444 Seiten
...nine square knobs j each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their nocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each per»pn then lurns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his v 3 B 2 And again... | |
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The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground by way of libation ; on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and... 
