Macedonian FolkloreAt the University Press, 1903 - 372 sider |
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... wives ' tales had no charm for M. Tzikopoulos . " It is all nonsense and sheer waste of time , " he assured me solemnly on more occasions than one , and yet he never refused to be questioned . M. Zographides of Melenik was another ...
... wives ' tales had no charm for M. Tzikopoulos . " It is all nonsense and sheer waste of time , " he assured me solemnly on more occasions than one , and yet he never refused to be questioned . M. Zographides of Melenik was another ...
Side 3
... wife and all the old ladies of the neighbourhood on my behalf . His exertions and those of other local gentlemen were crowned with success , as the results amply prove . At Melenik I was doomed to a second disappointment at the hands of ...
... wife and all the old ladies of the neighbourhood on my behalf . His exertions and those of other local gentlemen were crowned with success , as the results amply prove . At Melenik I was doomed to a second disappointment at the hands of ...
Side 4
... wife arrived , and after having given vent to some natural astonishment at her lord's novel occupation , she collapsed into a corner . Her protests , at first muttered in an audible aside , grew fainter and fainter , and at last I ...
... wife arrived , and after having given vent to some natural astonishment at her lord's novel occupation , she collapsed into a corner . Her protests , at first muttered in an audible aside , grew fainter and fainter , and at last I ...
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... wives ' tales and superstitions was evident from the surprise and incredulity with which my first questions were everywhere received by the peasants . Yet no sooner were their fears of being the victims of a practical joke dispelled ...
... wives ' tales and superstitions was evident from the surprise and incredulity with which my first questions were everywhere received by the peasants . Yet no sooner were their fears of being the victims of a practical joke dispelled ...
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... wives and daughters , rise early in the morning and hurry to the fields , vying with each other which of them will be the first to hear " the herald melodies of spring . " The call of the cuckoo is anxiously expected , and lucky is he ...
... wives and daughters , rise early in the morning and hurry to the fields , vying with each other which of them will be the first to hear " the herald melodies of spring . " The call of the cuckoo is anxiously expected , and lucky is he ...
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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.