Macedonian FolkloreAt the University Press, 1903 - 372 sider |
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Side 16
... regarded as a symbol of sloth . The opposite conclusion is drawn from the sight of a sprightly and restless kid . During the first three days of the month the peasants , and more particularly their wives and daughters , rise early in ...
... regarded as a symbol of sloth . The opposite conclusion is drawn from the sight of a sprightly and restless kid . During the first three days of the month the peasants , and more particularly their wives and daughters , rise early in ...
Side 28
... regarded by ethnologists as sportive survivals of ancient culture , if not of ancient cult . The bonfires and the flea will reappear in connection with the Midsummer festivities . 1 Ralston , Songs of the Russian People , p . 210 . 2 ...
... regarded by ethnologists as sportive survivals of ancient culture , if not of ancient cult . The bonfires and the flea will reappear in connection with the Midsummer festivities . 1 Ralston , Songs of the Russian People , p . 210 . 2 ...
Side 44
... regarded as a kind of mediaeval knight on horse- back , armed in the orthodox fashion , and as the bearer of gifts to those who are fortunate enough to win his favour . Τοῦ " Αϊ Γεώργη τὸ τραγοῦδι . σε “ Αϊ Γεώργη καβαλλάρη Μὲ σπαθὶ καὶ ...
... regarded as a kind of mediaeval knight on horse- back , armed in the orthodox fashion , and as the bearer of gifts to those who are fortunate enough to win his favour . Τοῦ " Αϊ Γεώργη τὸ τραγοῦδι . σε “ Αϊ Γεώργη καβαλλάρη Μὲ σπαθὶ καὶ ...
Side 53
... regarded by folklorists as having for their object the promotion of fertility . The step from a rite of propitiation to one of divina- tion is but a short one . Even after the idea had been abandoned that the ceremonies in question ...
... regarded by folklorists as having for their object the promotion of fertility . The step from a rite of propitiation to one of divina- tion is but a short one . Even after the idea had been abandoned that the ceremonies in question ...
Side 64
... regarded by the popular consciousness in the light of personal beings , though the personification is somewhat vague . For we know from other sources that iron in any shape or form - nail , ring , etc. — is a good defence against ...
... regarded by the popular consciousness in the light of personal beings , though the personification is somewhat vague . For we know from other sources that iron in any shape or form - nail , ring , etc. — is a good defence against ...
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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.