Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... Valentine's Day 53 Maid Marian 253 Collop or Shrove Monday 62 Robin Hood 258 Shrovetide , or Shrove Tuesday 63 Friar Tuck . 262 Throwing at Cocks 72 The Fool . . 263 Pancake Customs 82 Scarlet , Stokesley , and Little Ash Wednesday 94 ...
... Valentine's Day 53 Maid Marian 253 Collop or Shrove Monday 62 Robin Hood 258 Shrovetide , or Shrove Tuesday 63 Friar Tuck . 262 Throwing at Cocks 72 The Fool . . 263 Pancake Customs 82 Scarlet , Stokesley , and Little Ash Wednesday 94 ...
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... VALENTINE'S DAY . FEBRUARY 14 . It is a ceremony , says Bourne , never omitted among the vulgar , to draw lots , which they term Valentines , on the eve before Valentine Day . The names of a select number of one sex are , by an equal ...
... VALENTINE'S DAY . FEBRUARY 14 . It is a ceremony , says Bourne , never omitted among the vulgar , to draw lots , which they term Valentines , on the eve before Valentine Day . The names of a select number of one sex are , by an equal ...
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... Valentine's Day : - 66 St. Valentine is past ; Begin these wood - birds but to couple now ? " I once thought this custom might have been the remains of an ancient superstition in the Church of Rome on this day , of choosing patrons for ...
... Valentine's Day : - 66 St. Valentine is past ; Begin these wood - birds but to couple now ? " I once thought this custom might have been the remains of an ancient superstition in the Church of Rome on this day , of choosing patrons for ...
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... Valentine , composed by Gower . See a curious , but by no means satis- factory , note upon this subject , by Monsieur Duchat , in the quarto edition of Rabelais , i . 393. There is an account of the manner in which St. Valentine's Day ...
... Valentine , composed by Gower . See a curious , but by no means satis- factory , note upon this subject , by Monsieur Duchat , in the quarto edition of Rabelais , i . 393. There is an account of the manner in which St. Valentine's Day ...
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... Valentine on S. Valentine's Day . " Oft have I heard both youth and virgins say , Birds chuse their mates , and couple too , this day , But by their flight I never can divine When I shall couple with my Valentine . " In Dudley Lord ...
... Valentine on S. Valentine's Day . " Oft have I heard both youth and virgins say , Birds chuse their mates , and couple too , this day , But by their flight I never can divine When I shall couple with my Valentine . " In Dudley Lord ...
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