Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 134
... night the butler having gone out to bring water from the well called St. Cuthbert's , which is near the Hall , surprised a company of fairies dancing on the lawn . They had probably been drinking at the well , for they had left their ...
... night the butler having gone out to bring water from the well called St. Cuthbert's , which is near the Hall , surprised a company of fairies dancing on the lawn . They had probably been drinking at the well , for they had left their ...
Side 136
... night for his use - in other words , there should be no niggardliness of the household economy — and in return he assisted the operations of the servants , and all things went on favourably . Any neglect of the Dobbie's tribute was ...
... night for his use - in other words , there should be no niggardliness of the household economy — and in return he assisted the operations of the servants , and all things went on favourably . Any neglect of the Dobbie's tribute was ...
Side 141
... night on the ground near the well , drank the water again in the morning , and carried some away in a bottle . But the practice of waking , that is , keeping the vigil of the saint's day , led to such immorality that it was discontinued ...
... night on the ground near the well , drank the water again in the morning , and carried some away in a bottle . But the practice of waking , that is , keeping the vigil of the saint's day , led to such immorality that it was discontinued ...
Side 144
... night lay awake , restless with mournful reflection . One morning before day he arose , and went out , for this he thought might relieve him a little . As he walked up and down thoughtfully on the dam of the mill - pond , a noise was ...
... night lay awake , restless with mournful reflection . One morning before day he arose , and went out , for this he thought might relieve him a little . As he walked up and down thoughtfully on the dam of the mill - pond , a noise was ...
Side 145
... night and day , calling piteously on her husband . At length exhausted , she fell into a deep sleep , and dreamed that she wandered through a blooming plain , till she came to the cottage of a witch , who promised to restore her husband ...
... night and day , calling piteously on her husband . At length exhausted , she fell into a deep sleep , and dreamed that she wandered through a blooming plain , till she came to the cottage of a witch , who promised to restore her husband ...
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Ambleside amongst ancient Angles appears Baal belong Beltain Blencogo boggle bone-fires Britain Bronze age burial-place cairn called Cambro-Celts Castle Celtiberians Celtic Celts century CHAPTER Christian colonised connexion Cornwall Cumberland Cumberland and Westmorland Cumbrian dialect Cumrew Cumwhitton Danes Danish Denmark district doubt Eamont Edenhall England English euphonic Europe evidence existence fairies fell fire fireworship former German giants Gothic graves Hiberno-Celtic hill Iberian inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language island Kendal kind Kirkby Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore Lancashire land language late latter Luck of Edenhall means mixed modern monument mountain names of places neighbourhood night Norse observed once origin orthography peculiar Penrith period person pond present probably pronunciation race remains remarkable river Roman Saxon says Scandinavian Silures Stone age story SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS supposed Tatár town traces tradition tribes Ullswater village vowel Wales Welsh Westmorland whilst witch words Worsaae