 | 1858 - 810 sider
...this want, farewell for ever to the fires of Old Midsummer Eve. "The superstition of the need-ßre is the only other remains of fire-worship in these...(according to the import of the name cattle-fire, nod Danish for cattle), as a charm for various diseases to which cattle are liable. All the fires in... | |
 | 1858 - 828 sider
...! We have a St in Ulisw'ater, but he must hide his head in the presence of this glorióos St Blaze. these counties. It was once an annual observance, and is still occasionally emSunday presiding over a noble crag ployed in the dales and some other locaßres, being so called... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1875 - 836 sider
...need), •which signifies cattle, whence our English neat herd. ' It was once,' says Mr. Sullivan, 'an annual observance, and is still occasionally employed in the dales and some other localities, as a charm for the various diseases to which cattle are liable. All the fires in the village are first... | |
 | 1875 - 1070 sider
...(pronounced need), which signifies cattle, whence our English neat herd. ' It was once,* says Mr. Sullivan, ' an annual observance, and is still occasionally employed in the dales and some other localities, as a charm for the various diseases to which cattle are 'liable. All the fires in the village are first... | |
 | Daniel Scott - 1899 - 310 sider
...old, was probably the last remnant of fire-worship in this country. " It was once," says Mr. Sullivan, "an annual observance, and is still occasionally employed in the dales and some other localities as a charm for the various diseases to which cattle are liable. All the fires in the village are carefully... | |
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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) 