Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local ObservancesG. Redway, 1896 - 344 páginas |
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... record only those customs which time has spared . Undoubtedly the decay has been rapid . Many customs have vanished , quietly dying out without giving a sign . The present generation has witnessed the extinc- tion of many observances ...
... record only those customs which time has spared . Undoubtedly the decay has been rapid . Many customs have vanished , quietly dying out without giving a sign . The present generation has witnessed the extinc- tion of many observances ...
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... records of ancient customs . The labours of the Folk - Lore Society are well known , and their publications have been very useful to me in the progress of this work . Finally , I have to express my thanks to Mrs. Gomme , who , in ...
... records of ancient customs . The labours of the Folk - Lore Society are well known , and their publications have been very useful to me in the progress of this work . Finally , I have to express my thanks to Mrs. Gomme , who , in ...
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... record the customs that still remain , the survivals of old - world rural life . We will visit the quaint and quiet streets of rural towns and villages ; hear the rude rhymes of the mummers and " souling " children , and mark their ...
... record the customs that still remain , the survivals of old - world rural life . We will visit the quaint and quiet streets of rural towns and villages ; hear the rude rhymes of the mummers and " souling " children , and mark their ...
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... record the cases of modern witchcraft , fortune - telling , planet - ruling , and such won- der - working powers , startling to the philo- sopher of the nineteenth century , who be- lieved that all superstitions had been killed by ...
... record the cases of modern witchcraft , fortune - telling , planet - ruling , and such won- der - working powers , startling to the philo- sopher of the nineteenth century , who be- lieved that all superstitions had been killed by ...
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... There is also a White Thursday in Cornwall , in no way related to the Dominica in albis . It occurs on the last Thursday before Christmas , and tradition records that on this day white tin ( ie . , smelted tin ) was first 29 Picrous Day.
... There is also a White Thursday in Cornwall , in no way related to the Dominica in albis . It occurs on the last Thursday before Christmas , and tradition records that on this day white tin ( ie . , smelted tin ) was first 29 Picrous Day.
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Página 217 - Gentlewomen ; and after such Sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Menechmus} was played by the Players. So that Night was begun, and continued to the end, in nothing but Confusion and Errors; whereupon, it was ever afterwards called, The Night of Errors.
Página 108 - Twould have been better for our souls if we had ne'er been born. Good morning, lords and ladies! it is the First of May; I hope you'll view the garland, for it looks so very gay. The cuckoo sings in April, the cuckoo sings in May, The cuckoo sings in June, in July it flies away. Now take a Bible in your hand and read a chapter through, And when the day of judgment comes, the Lord will think of you.
Página 113 - For we were up as soon as any day, O! And for to fetch the summer home, The summer and the may, O! For summer is a-come, O! And winter is a-gone, O!
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Página 101 - ... of cream. If not a bowl of your good cream, A mug of your strong beer ; For the Lord doth know where we shall be To be merry another year. Now take your Bible in your hand And read your chapter through ; And when the day of judgment comes, The Lord will remember you. And now my song is almost done, No longer can I stay, God bless you all, both great and small, I wish you a joyful May. And I hope you'll find your money-box Before we go away.
Página 158 - Wife, make us a dinner, spare flesh, neither corn, Make wafers and cakes, for our sheep must be shorn, At sheep -shearing, neighbours none other thing crave, But good cheer and welcome, like neighbours to have.
Página 178 - I find but two couples in this first century that were successful : the first was a sea-captain and his wife, who since the day of their marriage had not seen one another till the day of the claim.