Macedonian FolkloreAt the University Press, 1903 - 372 sider |
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... similar treatment in the future , to ply the needle and ell for a livelihood . In short , Kyr Liatsos was a tailor . But , like the Great Mel - his col- league of Evan Harrington fame - he was an individual far above his station . This ...
... similar treatment in the future , to ply the needle and ell for a livelihood . In short , Kyr Liatsos was a tailor . But , like the Great Mel - his col- league of Evan Harrington fame - he was an individual far above his station . This ...
Side 15
... Similar beliefs are still entertained by our own folk with regard to other days about this time of year , such as the 12th of January ; the 13th ( St Hilary's ) ; the 22nd ( St Vincent's ) ; and the 25th ( St Paul's ) of the same month ...
... Similar beliefs are still entertained by our own folk with regard to other days about this time of year , such as the 12th of January ; the 13th ( St Hilary's ) ; the 22nd ( St Vincent's ) ; and the 25th ( St Paul's ) of the same month ...
Side 16
... similar feelings , as is shown by Hesiod's words : " When the cuckoo begins to cry cuckoo ! amidst the foliage of the oak and fills the hearts of men over the boundless earth with joy ...... " 1 However , the modern sage warns us not to ...
... similar feelings , as is shown by Hesiod's words : " When the cuckoo begins to cry cuckoo ! amidst the foliage of the oak and fills the hearts of men over the boundless earth with joy ...... " 1 However , the modern sage warns us not to ...
Side 17
... similar reason . But of all the 1 The game of Hide and Seek ( тò kρuptó ) is also known by the name cuck ( παÍČOVμE TÒ KOúk ) , from the cry used by the hiding children . This may be worth noting by students of cuckoo - customs . It has ...
... similar reason . But of all the 1 The game of Hide and Seek ( тò kρuptó ) is also known by the name cuck ( παÍČOVμE TÒ KOúk ) , from the cry used by the hiding children . This may be worth noting by students of cuckoo - customs . It has ...
Side 19
... similar compositions sung in honour of Vesna , the vernal season , or of Lada , the vernal goddess of love and fertility . A On the same day the Macedonian mothers tie round their children's wrists a skein consisting of red and white ...
... similar compositions sung in honour of Vesna , the vernal season , or of Lada , the vernal goddess of love and fertility . A On the same day the Macedonian mothers tie round their children's wrists a skein consisting of red and white ...
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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.