Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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... graves of Westmorland , con- tained in Mr. Simpson's lecture ( so often quoted ) , which he would gladly have used in the proper place , had not circumstances driven it from his mind . Of books not specially cited , some valuable as ...
... graves of Westmorland , con- tained in Mr. Simpson's lecture ( so often quoted ) , which he would gladly have used in the proper place , had not circumstances driven it from his mind . Of books not specially cited , some valuable as ...
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... graves that belong to heathen times . " Sepulchral tumuli are spread over all the western and northern parts of Europe , and over many extensive regions in northern Asia , as far eastward at least as the river Yenisei . They contain the ...
... graves that belong to heathen times . " Sepulchral tumuli are spread over all the western and northern parts of Europe , and over many extensive regions in northern Asia , as far eastward at least as the river Yenisei . They contain the ...
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... graves are now classed in three periods or ages , the Stone , the Bronze , and the Iron , and named from the prevailing kind of antiquities found therein . The latest of these periods , the Iron age , does not belong to this part of our ...
... graves are now classed in three periods or ages , the Stone , the Bronze , and the Iron , and named from the prevailing kind of antiquities found therein . The latest of these periods , the Iron age , does not belong to this part of our ...
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... graves . There are no traces of written characters during the second period , but towards the end the ornaments convey the impression that writing must have been understood . The mixed metal of the Bronze age , it must be observed ...
... graves . There are no traces of written characters during the second period , but towards the end the ornaments convey the impression that writing must have been understood . The mixed metal of the Bronze age , it must be observed ...
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... graves . The graves and giants ' chambers of this period are likewise found in the south - west of the present Sweden , namely , in the old Danish countries of Schonen and West Göthland , a few in the east and north , but none in Norway ...
... graves . The graves and giants ' chambers of this period are likewise found in the south - west of the present Sweden , namely , in the old Danish countries of Schonen and West Göthland , a few in the east and north , but none in Norway ...
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Ambleside amongst ancient Angles appears Baal belong Beltain Blencogo boggle bone-fires Britain Bronze age burial-place cairn called Caltram Cambro-Celts Castle Celtiberians Celts century CHAPTER Christian colonised connexion Cornwall Cumberland Cumberland and Westmorland Cumbrian dialect Cumrew Cumwhitton custom Danes Danish Denmark district doubt Eamont Edenhall England English euphonic Europe evidence existence fairies fell fire fireworship former German giants Gothic graves ground Hiberno-Celtic hill Iberian inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language island Kendal kind Kirkby Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore Lancashire land language late latter Luck of Edenhall means mixed modern monument mountain mythology names of places neighbourhood night Norse observed once origin orthography peculiar Penrith period person pond present probably pronunciation remains remarkable river Roman Saxon says Scandinavian Stone age story superstition supposed Tatár town traces tradition tribes tumulus Ullswater village vowel Wales Welsh Westmorland whilst witch words Worsaae
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Side 16 - in which an urn is often placed. The author is possessed of one, discovered beneath an immense cairn at Roughlee, in Liddesdale. It is of the most barbarous construction; the middle of the substance alone having been subjected to the fire, over which, when hardened, the artist had laid an inner and outer coat of unbaked clay, etched with some very rude ornaments.
Side 31 - The system of Druidism is thought to have been formed in Britain, and from thence carried over into Gaul; and now those who wish to be more accurately versed in it, for the most part go thither
Side 128 - adds: I speke of many hundred yeres ago, But now can no man see none elves mo. In
Side 1 - die ältesten und dauerndsten Denkmäler, erzählt eine längst vergangene Nation gleichsam selbst ihre eigenen Schicksale, und es fragt sich nur, ob ihre Stimme uns noch verständlich bleibt.
Side 73 - In the early part of the (Icelandic) commonwealth, when a man was suspected of theft, a kind of tribunal composed of twelve persons named by him, and twelve by the person whose goods had been stolen, was instituted before the door of his dwelling, and hence called a door-doom; but as this manner of proceeding generally ended in bloodshed, it was abolished.'
Side 132 - the neighbouring villages to assemble at this well early in the afternoon of the second Sunday in May, and there to join in a variety of rural sports. It was the village wake,
Side 152 - a pace-egging, I hope you'll prove kind, I hope you'll prove kind with your eggs and strong beer, And we'll come no more nigh you until the next year.
Side 128 - in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even there I could only meet with a man who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies.
Side 106 - is the only other remains of fireworship in these counties. It was once an annual observance, and is still occasionally employed in the dales and some other localities (according to the import of the name, cattle-fire)
Side 15 - draw. It is supported by three large rude pillars about eight feet high; but there are also five others which are of no use at present, as not being high enough