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... Origins of English History - Seite 283von Charles Isaac Elton - 1890 - 450 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1886 - 306 Seiten
...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...their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1828 - 678 Seiten
...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...their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them : each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging... | |
| 1846 - 436 Seiten
...some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation. On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, on which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated...their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging... | |
| 1826 - 726 Seiten
...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 tfing, the supposed preserver of their jtocks and herds, of to some particu* Scotland, p. 90. laranimal,... | |
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