Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1873 |
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... bread was pro- vided , which was , on that account , called Wassel - bread , Lowth , 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 , Lowth , 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 ...
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... bread and cheese , which they call Nog - Money , in these words : " Get up , gude wife , and binno sweir ( i . e . be not lazy ) And deal your cakes and cheese while you are here ; For the time will come when ye'll be dead , And neither ...
... bread and cheese , which they call Nog - Money , in these words : " Get up , gude wife , and binno sweir ( i . e . be not lazy ) And deal your cakes and cheese while you are here ; For the time will come when ye'll be dead , And neither ...
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... bread not meat do want , not witch with dreadful charme , Have powre to hurt their children , or to do their cattell harme . There are that three nightes onely do perfourme this foolish geare , To this intent , and thinke themselves in ...
... bread not meat do want , not witch with dreadful charme , Have powre to hurt their children , or to do their cattell harme . There are that three nightes onely do perfourme this foolish geare , To this intent , and thinke themselves in ...
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... bread , that , ere the next day at noone , a two - penny browne loafe will set twenty poore folkes teeth on edge . Which hungry humour will hold so violent , that a number of good fellowes will not refuse to give a statute marchant of ...
... bread , that , ere the next day at noone , a two - penny browne loafe will set twenty poore folkes teeth on edge . Which hungry humour will hold so violent , that a number of good fellowes will not refuse to give a statute marchant of ...
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... bread o ' your biakin , Or a little truckle cheese o ' your miakin . If you'll gi ' me a little , I'll ax no more , If you don't gi ' me nothin , I'll rottle your door . " ] The manuscript in the British Museum before cited , Status ...
... bread o ' your biakin , Or a little truckle cheese o ' your miakin . If you'll gi ' me a little , I'll ax no more , If you don't gi ' me nothin , I'll rottle your door . " ] The manuscript in the British Museum before cited , Status ...
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