 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 herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then...  Origins of English History - Seite 294von Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 458 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Napier - 1879 - 208 Seiten
...their herds, or to some animal the destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says — ' This I give to thee,' naming the being whom he thanks, 'preserver of my sheep,' &c. ; or w to the destroyer, ' This I give... | |
 | William Jones - 1880 - 634 Seiten
...or to some particular animal, the destroyer of them ; each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulder,...thou my horses ! This to thee, preserve thou my sheep !' After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, oh Fox ! spare... | |
 | Robert Macgregor - 1881 - 226 Seiten
...each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulders, says : — ' This I give to thee, preserve thou my...this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ' ; and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : — ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare... | |
 | Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 512 Seiten
...god.1 Pennant has left us a description of a rural sacrifice which in his time was performed on the ist of May in many Highland villages. They cut a square...of the Druids, 107; see an essay on Martin's work, Fraser's Mag. 1878, xvii. 443, Grimm, Deutsch. Mythol. 576, and an account of raising the "will-fire"... | |
 | Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 514 Seiten
...god.1 Pennant has left us a description of a rural sacrifice which in his time was performed on the ist of May in many Highland villages. They cut a square...of the Druids, 107; see an essay on Martin's work, Fraser's Mag. 1878, xvii. 443, Grimm, Deutsch. Mythol. 576, and an account of raising the "will-fire"... | |
 | George Fleming - 1871 - 588 Seiten
...person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flings it over his shoulder, saying, ' This I give to thee ! preserve thou my horses ;. this to thee ! preserve thou my sheep ; ' and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals. ' This I give to thee, oh fox, spare... | |
 | John Collett (poet.) - 1883 - 236 Seiten
...each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulders, says, ' This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses...this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ; ' and so on. After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1884 - 776 Seiten
...face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, ' This I give to thce, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep,' and so on. After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain - 1884 - 652 Seiten
...face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, ' This I give to thec, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep,' and so on. After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare... | |
 | Ellen Emma Guthrie - 1885 - 252 Seiten
...then turned his face to the fire* broke off a knob, and throwing it over his left shoulder, said, " This I give to thee ; preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep," and so on. After this, they used the same ceremony to the noxious animals. " This I give to thee, 0 fox ; spare... | |
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