Macedonian FolkloreAt the University Press, 1903 - 372 sider |
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... means of communication obstruct the progress of foreign influence . The same causes keep the various districts , and their inhabitants , separated from each other . To these impediments are further added the barriers of language , creed ...
... means of communication obstruct the progress of foreign influence . The same causes keep the various districts , and their inhabitants , separated from each other . To these impediments are further added the barriers of language , creed ...
Side 7
... mean , eh ? " I assured them that nothing was further from my thoughts . But my words had no other effect than to intensify the old dames ' choler , and I found it advisable to beat a hasty and undignified retreat . As I fled , my ears ...
... mean , eh ? " I assured them that nothing was further from my thoughts . But my words had no other effect than to intensify the old dames ' choler , and I found it advisable to beat a hasty and undignified retreat . As I fled , my ears ...
Side 9
... means within a limited space of time . 1 Songs of Modern 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 ...
... means within a limited space of time . 1 Songs of Modern 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 ...
Side 14
... means the ' Vein - sweller , ' because during this month the veins ( ¿ λéßes ) of the earth are swollen with water ... mean Little Wallach , in contradistinction to the Great Wallachs of the mediaeval Meyaλoßλaxía ( Thessaly ) . The ...
... means the ' Vein - sweller , ' because during this month the veins ( ¿ λéßes ) of the earth are swollen with water ... mean Little Wallach , in contradistinction to the Great Wallachs of the mediaeval Meyaλoßλaxía ( Thessaly ) . The ...
Side 37
... means of magical ceremonies1 - the destruction of noxious vermin being a later development . The keeping of the fire alive throughout the Paschal Week , which is the practice in several parts of Macedonia , forms another proof of the ...
... means of magical ceremonies1 - the destruction of noxious vermin being a later development . The keeping of the fire alive throughout the Paschal Week , which is the practice in several parts of Macedonia , forms another proof of the ...
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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.