Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1G. Bell, 1883 |
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... antiquity is , that they have outlived the general knowledge of the very causes that gave rise to them . " The reader will ... antiquities , ” says a writer with the signature of V. F. , in the Monthly Magazine for April 1795 , p . 273 ...
... antiquity is , that they have outlived the general knowledge of the very causes that gave rise to them . " The reader will ... antiquities , ” says a writer with the signature of V. F. , in the Monthly Magazine for April 1795 , p . 273 ...
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... Antiquities , ri . 71 , speaking of " the first of April , or the ancient feast of the vernal equinox , equally observed in India and Britain , " tells us : " The first of April was anciently observed in Britain as a high and gene- ral ...
... Antiquities , ri . 71 , speaking of " the first of April , or the ancient feast of the vernal equinox , equally observed in India and Britain , " tells us : " The first of April was anciently observed in Britain as a high and gene- ral ...
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... were leat out to the neighbouring parishes . They are accounted for so late as 1629. " See Langley's Antiquities of Desborough , 4to . 1797 , p . 142 . C 1 > was so much in fashion in the reign of Henry MORRIS - DANCERS . 249.
... were leat out to the neighbouring parishes . They are accounted for so late as 1629. " See Langley's Antiquities of Desborough , 4to . 1797 , p . 142 . C 1 > was so much in fashion in the reign of Henry MORRIS - DANCERS . 249.
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