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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... bread was pro- vided , which was , on that account , called Wassel - bread . Louth , in his life of William of Wykeham , derives this name from the Westellum or Vessel in which he supposes the bread to have been made . See Milner , ut ...
... bread was pro- vided , which was , on that account , called Wassel - bread . Louth , in his life of William of Wykeham , derives this name from the Westellum or Vessel in which he supposes the bread to have been made . See Milner , ut ...
Page 155
... bread , which was denominated accordingly . One species of sacred bread which used to be offered to the Gods , was of great antiquity , and called Boun . The Greeks , who changed the Nu final into a Sigma , expressed it in the ...
... bread , which was denominated accordingly . One species of sacred bread which used to be offered to the Gods , was of great antiquity , and called Boun . The Greeks , who changed the Nu final into a Sigma , expressed it in the ...
Page 205
... bread on the Ascension - Eren , and on the Ascension Day , la . 1556. - Item , paid for bread , wine , ale , and beer , upon the Ascension - Even and Day , against my Lord Abbott and his Covent came in Procession , and for strewing ...
... bread on the Ascension - Eren , and on the Ascension Day , la . 1556. - Item , paid for bread , wine , ale , and beer , upon the Ascension - Even and Day , against my Lord Abbott and his Covent came in Procession , and for strewing ...
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