Macedonian FolkloreAt the University Press, 1903 - 372 sider |
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... with the result that many a nursery rhyme , shorn of all its familiar simplicity , has been Started at home and hunted in the dark To Gaul , to Greece , and into Noah's ark . For these spiritual excursions into the vast unknown , the.
... with the result that many a nursery rhyme , shorn of all its familiar simplicity , has been Started at home and hunted in the dark To Gaul , to Greece , and into Noah's ark . For these spiritual excursions into the vast unknown , the.
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... Greece , or Roumania . The mountainous character of the province , the backward state of commerce , lack of security , and the conspicuous absence of means of communication obstruct the progress of foreign influence . The same causes ...
... Greece , or Roumania . The mountainous character of the province , the backward state of commerce , lack of security , and the conspicuous absence of means of communication obstruct the progress of foreign influence . The same causes ...
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... Greece , pp . 5 foll . 2 A great many of the tales and songs collected had to be excluded either because they were too well known or because they lay beyond the scope of the present volume . At some future date I may have an opportunity ...
... Greece , pp . 5 foll . 2 A great many of the tales and songs collected had to be excluded either because they were too well known or because they lay beyond the scope of the present volume . At some future date I may have an opportunity ...
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... Greece as in the Greek- speaking parts of Macedonia . The Four Seasons . The traditional division of the year into four seasons is recognized by the popular muse in the following distich : Τρεῖς μήνες εἶν ̓ ἡ ̓́Ανοιξι καὶ τρεῖς τὸ ...
... Greece as in the Greek- speaking parts of Macedonia . The Four Seasons . The traditional division of the year into four seasons is recognized by the popular muse in the following distich : Τρεῖς μήνες εἶν ̓ ἡ ̓́Ανοιξι καὶ τρεῖς τὸ ...
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... Greece , the return of the bird is hailed with hearty enthusiasm . Its building under the eaves , or on the rafters of a house is welcomed as an omen of wealth , and it is believed that he who destroys its nest will be punished with ...
... Greece , the return of the bird is hailed with hearty enthusiasm . Its building under the eaves , or on the rafters of a house is welcomed as an omen of wealth , and it is believed that he who destroys its nest will be punished with ...
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Side 74 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning.
Side 253 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin! Kate soon will be a woefu
Side 52 - As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.
Side 57 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom : also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Side 163 - First march the heavy mules, securely slow, O'er hills, o'er dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks they go...
Side 190 - A man had better ne'er been born, Than have his nails on a Sunday shorn. Cut them on Monday, cut them for health ; Cut them on Tuesday, cut them for wealth ; Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday for a pair of new shoes ; Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow ; Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow.
Side 60 - Begins to paint the bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet prophetic strain, Thy sweet prophetic strain we hear, And bless the notes, and thee revere ! The muses love thy shrilly tone, Apollo calls thee all his own, 'Twas he who gave that voice to thee, 'Tis he who tunes thy minstrelsy.
Side 96 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Side 235 - When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Side 53 - On St. Mark's Eve, at twelve o'clock, The fair maid will watch her smock, To find her husband in the dark, By praying unto good St. Mark."] Pennant says, that in North Wales no farmer dare hold his team on St.