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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... Thou hast thy eves and holidayes : Thy wakes , thy quintels , here thou hast , Thy May - poles too , with garlands grac't : Thy Morris - dance ; thy Whitsun ale ; Thy shearing feast , which never faile . Thy Harvest Home ; thy Wassaile ...
... Thou hast thy eves and holidayes : Thy wakes , thy quintels , here thou hast , Thy May - poles too , with garlands grac't : Thy Morris - dance ; thy Whitsun ale ; Thy shearing feast , which never faile . Thy Harvest Home ; thy Wassaile ...
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... thou mayst bud , and whence thou mayst blow ! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full ! caps full ! Bushel - bushel - sacks full , And my pockets full too ! Huzza ! " This done , they return to the house , the doors of which ...
... thou mayst bud , and whence thou mayst blow ! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full ! caps full ! Bushel - bushel - sacks full , And my pockets full too ! Huzza ! " This done , they return to the house , the doors of which ...
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... thou goest into thy bed , thou must be sure to put on a clean shift , and the best thou hast , then the better thou mayst speed . And when thou liest down , lay thy right hand under thy head , saying these words , Now the god of Love ...
... thou goest into thy bed , thou must be sure to put on a clean shift , and the best thou hast , then the better thou mayst speed . And when thou liest down , lay thy right hand under thy head , saying these words , Now the god of Love ...
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... thou awakest out of thy first sleep thou shalt see him come and stand before thee , and thou shalt perceive by his habit what tradesman he is ; but be sure thou declarest not thy dream to anybody in ten days , and by that time thou ...
... thou awakest out of thy first sleep thou shalt see him come and stand before thee , and thou shalt perceive by his habit what tradesman he is ; but be sure thou declarest not thy dream to anybody in ten days , and by that time thou ...
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... thou this creature of a waxen taper at our humble supplication , and by the vertue of the holy crosse , pour thou into it an heavenly 6 See on this subject Dupré's Conformity between Ancient and Modern Ceremonies , ' p . 96 , and ...
... thou this creature of a waxen taper at our humble supplication , and by the vertue of the holy crosse , pour thou into it an heavenly 6 See on this subject Dupré's Conformity between Ancient and Modern Ceremonies , ' p . 96 , and ...
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ancient appears April ashes Bishop bowl boys bread cake called Candlemass candles celebrated ceremony Christ Christmas Christmass church Churchwardens cock cross curious custom dance dayes door doth dressed drink Easter Day Easter Monday eggs England fast feast festival find the following fire flowers Fools garlands Gentleman's Magazine give hand hath Henry History Hobby-horse holy honour Hood 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 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 Year's yere young
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Page xvii - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea, shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixure ! O!
Page 539 - PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution. With AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN by Dr.
Page 238 - ... having of May games, Whitsun ales, and morris dances, and the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used: so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service...
Page 539 - Engravings on Steel. Miller's History of the Anglo-Saxons. Written in a popular style, on the basis of Sharon Turner. Portrait of Alfred, Map of Saxon Britain, and 12 elaborate Engravings on Steel. Milton's Poetical Works. With a Memoir by JAMES...
Page 215 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Page 26 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
Page 468 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts