Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr. Bourne's Antiquitates vulgares. revised by sir H. Ellis, Bind 11849 |
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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 ...
Side 9
... 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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alluded 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 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 quæ Queen Robin Hood Rogation Roman round Saint says Scotland season Shrove Tuesday singing solemnity song speaking superstition tells thee thou Thursday town unto Valentine Wassail Wassel women word writer Year's yere young
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Side 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 fixture...
Side xvii - The heavens themselves, the planets and this centre, Observe degree, priority and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order...
Side 99 - tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto the hungry soul. It is to fast from strife, From old debate And hate To circumcise thy life. To show a heart grief-rent ; To starve thy sin, Not bin ; And that's to keep thy Lent.
Side 435 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Side 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 wish thee long.
Side 214 - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Side 471 - 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' desiring. With the last year's brand Light the new block, and For good success in his spending On your psaltries play, That sweet luck may Come while the log is a-teending.
Side 386 - This hempseed with my virgin hand I sow, Who shall my true love be, the crop shall mow.
Side 149 - made his maund in our Lady's chapel, having fifty-nine poor men, whose feet he washed and kissed ; and, after he had wiped them, he gave every of the said poor men twelve pence in money, three ells of good canvass to make them shirts, a pair of new shoes, a cast of red herrings, and three white herrings ; and one of these had two shillings.
Side 341 - St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.