Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1873 |
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... round a sunlike ray . Full many a century it shone forth to grace The festive spirit of th ' Andarton race , As , to the sons of sacred union dear , It welcomed with Lamb's Wool the rising year . " It appears from Thomas de la Moore's ...
... round a sunlike ray . Full many a century it shone forth to grace The festive spirit of th ' Andarton race , As , to the sons of sacred union dear , It welcomed with Lamb's Wool the rising year . " It appears from Thomas de la Moore's ...
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... round the glowing hearth with their cheer- ful neighbours , and then in the spicy Wassel Bowl ( which testified the goodness of their hearts ) drowned every former animosity - an example worthy modern imitation . Wassel was the word ...
... round the glowing hearth with their cheer- ful neighbours , and then in the spicy Wassel Bowl ( which testified the goodness of their hearts ) drowned every former animosity - an example worthy modern imitation . Wassel was the word ...
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... round the house , which all the company quits in a counterfeited fright ; the door is then shut . At New Year's Eve there is no great pleasure to be had out of doors in the Hebrides . They are sure soon to recover from their terror ...
... round the house , which all the company quits in a counterfeited fright ; the door is then shut . At New Year's Eve there is no great pleasure to be had out of doors in the Hebrides . They are sure soon to recover from their terror ...
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... round of visits , singing a song , which commenced as follows : " This night it is guid New'r E'een's night , We're a ' here Queen Mary's men ; And we're come here to crave our right , And that's before our Lady ! " ] In Sir John ...
... round of visits , singing a song , which commenced as follows : " This night it is guid New'r E'een's night , We're a ' here Queen Mary's men ; And we're come here to crave our right , And that's before our Lady ! " ] In Sir John ...
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... round about with cloaves ) be hanged within the vessel that it touch not the wyne and so the wyne wyll be preserved from foys- tiness and evyll savor . " -Reed's edition of Shakspeare , Love's Labour's Lost , v . 2. The quarto edition ...
... round about with cloaves ) be hanged within the vessel that it touch not the wyne and so the wyne wyll be preserved from foys- tiness and evyll savor . " -Reed's edition of Shakspeare , Love's Labour's Lost , v . 2. The quarto edition ...
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Common terms and phrases
ancient appears April ashes bells Bishop bowl boys bread cake called Candlemass candles celebrated ceremony Christ Christmas Christmass church Churchwardens cock cross curious custom dance dayes Dictionary door doth dressed drink Easter Day Easter Monday eggs England English fast feast festival find the following fire flowers Fools garlands Gentleman's Magazine give hand hath Henry History Hobby-horse holy honour John King Lady Leek Lent London Lord Lord of Misrule Maid Marian maids manner May-pole mentioned merry Midsummer Midsummer Eve Monday morning Morris-dance Naogeorgus night observed occasion Palm Sunday pancakes parish passage Payd person play Polydore Vergil poor Poor Robin's Almanack Popish Queen Robin Hood Roman round Saint says Scotland season Shrove Tuesday singing solemnity song speaking sport superstition tells thee thou Thursday town Translated unto Valentine vols Wassail Wassel women word writer yere young