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 | Charles Vallencey - 1786 - 642 sider
...defcribed : Brighid ban fhileadh inghean an Dagha ; bean dhe Eirintt ; ie Brigit a poetefs, the daughter of Dagha ; a goddefs of Ireland. On St. Bridget's eve...go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and feftivity. follus, the earth, was alfo worfhipped by the Carthaginians. 7V/A/r, tella, telcimh is Irifh... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 sider
...paganism. In an ancient Glossary she is described, ' Brigit, a poetess, the daughter of Dagha, a goddess of Ireland.' On St. Bridget's Eve every farmer's wife...go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity." Yet according to the " Flowers of the Lives of the most renowned Saincts of the three Kingdoms,... | |
 | Joseph Train - 1845 - 408 sider
...17IG,p. 119. "In Ireland, on St. Bridget's eve, every farmer's wife makes a cake called Bairtnbrcac, the neighbours are invited, the madder of ale and...go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity." — Vallancey's Essay on the Antiquities of the Irish Language, 8vo., Dublin, 1772, p.... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 sider
...ancient Glossary now before me, she is described : 'Bridget, a poetess, the daughter of Dagha; a goddess of Ireland.' On St. Bridget's Eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called BairMreac; the neighbours are invited, the madder of ale and the pipe go round, and the evening concludes... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 918 sider
...old glossary. On St. Bridget's eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called bairin breac, the neighbours are invited, the madder of ale and...go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity. 344. Remarks on this Essay, by Celticus. " The Fileas were colleges of philosophers, who... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 866 sider
...! P. 291. Brigit a poetess, the daughter of Dagha, a goddess of Ireland. There is an old glossary. On St. Bridget's eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called burin breac, the neighbours are invited, the madder of ale and the pipe go round, and the evening concludes... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 580 sider
...Bridget, a poetess, the daughter of Dagha ; a goddess of Ireland.' On St. Bridget's Eve every fanner's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called Bairinbreac;...go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity." Yet, according to the Flowers of the Lives of the most Renowned Saints of the three Kingdoms,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1892 - 704 sider
...loaves were then made, 'the offering of which was the distinguishing rite of the day of Pentecost.'"2 On St. Bridget's Eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called bairinbreac; the neighbors are invited, the madder of ale and the pipe go round, and the evening concludes with mirth... | |
 | Abram Smythe Palmer - 1882 - 734 sider
...cake. (See Whitley Stokes, Irish Glosses, p. 52 ; Pictet. Originee Indo-Europ., torn. ii. p. 313.) On St. Bridget's eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake called bairin breac. — Vallancey, Antiquity of Irish Language, p. 291. lie was always welcome to a share... | |
 | John Murdoch - 1892 - 728 sider
...loaves were then made, 'the ottering of which was the distinguishing rite of the day of Pentecost.' "* On St. Bridget's Eve every farmer's wife in .Ireland makes a cake, called bairinbreac; the neighbors are invited, the madder of ale and the pipe go round, and the evening concludes with mirth... | |
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