Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bohn, 1853 |
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Page xii
... Saints are in them : * * * * * A taylor must not sit with legs on crosse , But straite he's set by th ' heeles ( it is a signe Of ceremony only , not divine ) . " + * I call to mind here the pleasing account Sterne has left us , in his ...
... Saints are in them : * * * * * A taylor must not sit with legs on crosse , But straite he's set by th ' heeles ( it is a signe Of ceremony only , not divine ) . " + * I call to mind here the pleasing account Sterne has left us , in his ...
Page xv
... saints , but which , by the encourage- ment of idleness and dissipation of manners , gave every kind of countenance to sinners . A profusion of childish rites , pageants , and ceremonies , diverted the attention of the people from the ...
... saints , but which , by the encourage- ment of idleness and dissipation of manners , gave every kind of countenance to sinners . A profusion of childish rites , pageants , and ceremonies , diverted the attention of the people from the ...
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... saint - day , if unfortunate enough to be met by any of the band , is immediately mounted across the stang ( if a woman , she is basketed ) , and carried shoulder height to the nearest public - house , where the payment of sixpence ...
... saint - day , if unfortunate enough to be met by any of the band , is immediately mounted across the stang ( if a woman , she is basketed ) , and carried shoulder height to the nearest public - house , where the payment of sixpence ...
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... and many allusions to the belief may be traced even in late works . The following notice of it occurs in Poor Robin's Almanack for 1734 : - " Saint Agnes Day comes by and by , When 34 ST . AGNES'S DAY , OR EVE . St Agnes's Day or.
... and many allusions to the belief may be traced even in late works . The following notice of it occurs in Poor Robin's Almanack for 1734 : - " Saint Agnes Day comes by and by , When 34 ST . AGNES'S DAY , OR EVE . St Agnes's Day or.
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... will have the money , ipso facto , before he speaks ; and if the client lose both cause and money , it will make him awake too . " - Poor Robin , 1733. ] [ The present rural address to the saint , as 36 SAINT AGNES'S DAY OR EVE ,
... will have the money , ipso facto , before he speaks ; and if the client lose both cause and money , it will make him awake too . " - Poor Robin , 1733. ] [ The present rural address to the saint , as 36 SAINT AGNES'S DAY OR EVE ,
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