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Side 70 - ; for as it is not lawful to use His name lightly, we name Him by His dwelling-place, which is in Tien.
Side 118 - If the oak is out before the ash, 'Twill be a summer of wet and splash ; But if the ash is before the oak, "Twill be a summer of fire and smoke.
Side 184 - BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; or, Jataka Tales. The oldest Collection of Folk-Lore extant : being the Jatakatthavannana, for the first time edited in the original Pali, by V. Fausboll, and translated by TW Rhys Davids. Translation. Vol. I. Pp. cxvi. and 348. 1880. 18s. THE CLASSICAL POETRY OF THE JAPANESE. By Basil Chamberlain, Author of "Yeigio Henkaku, Ichiran." Pp. xii. and 228. 1880. 7s. 6d. LINGUISTIC AND ORIENTAL ESSAYS. Written from the year 1846-1878. By R. Cust, Author of "The Modern Languages...
Side 196 - M. Sebillot's Scheme for the Collection and Classification of FolkLore, by Alfred Nutt. — Danish Popular Tales, by Professor Grundtvig. — The Icelandic Story of Cinderella, by William Howard Carpenter. — An Old Danish Ballad, communicated by Professor Grundtvig. — A Rural Wedding in Lorraine. — Notes. — Queries. — Notices and News. — Index. — Appendix : The Annual Report for 1879. 1881.
Side 70 - They cease to employ, in the common language, those words which form a part or the whole of the sovereign's name, or that of one of his near relatives, and invent new terms to supply their place. As all names in Polynesian are significant, and as a chief usually has several, it will be seen that this custom must produce a considerable change in the language. It is true that this change is only temporary, as at the death of the king or chief the new word is dropped, and the original term resumed.
Side 86 - Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no day at all.
Side 33 - Bach. And by reason of their great heat he put his finger to his mouth, and the instant he put those marvel-working drops into his mouth, he foresaw everything that was to come, and perceived that his chief care must be to guard against the wiles of Caridwen, for vast was her skill.
Side 160 - This is preserved to prevent the burning of a house, and the sinking of a boat : and if a commander in the field has one of them about him, he will either be sure to win the day, or all his men shall fairly dye on the spot/' The medicinal virtues ascribed to it by Mizaldus, are numerous.
Side 112 - Just as he had attained his twentieth year, his father died, leaving him (an only child) the inheritor of all his little property, and at liberty to follow the bent of his own inclination.
Side 160 - As to this elfstricking, their opinion is, that the fairies (having not much power themselves to hurt animal bodies) do sometimes carry away men in the air, and furnishing them with bows and arrows, employ them to shoot men, cattle, etc.