| Thomas Pennant - 1772 - 390 pages
...which are raifcd ninefquare knobs, each dedicated to fome particular being, the fuppofed preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal,...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and fhnging it over his fhoulders, fays, 'This I give to (bee, pre/erve tbo* my borfes; this to tbte ^... | |
| Thomas Pennant - Scotland - 1776 - 508 pages
...which are raifed nine fquare knobs, each dedicated to fome particular being, the fuppofed prefervtr of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal,...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his • Which was not till the year 1736. f My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned in this... | |
| Thomas Pennant - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1776 - 498 pages
...which are raifed nine fquare knobs, each dedicated to fome particular being, the fuppofed preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal,...face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging ic over his • Which was not till the year 1736. t My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned... | |
| John Brand, Henry Bourne - Christian antiquities - 1777 - 466 pages
...which are raifed nine fquare Knobs, each dedicated to fome particular Being, the fuppofed Preferver of their Flocks and Herds, or to fome particular Animal,...Fire, breaks off a Knob, and flinging it over his Shoulders, fays, this I give to thee, preferve thou my Horfes; this to thee, preferve thou my Sheep;... | |
| Ben Jonson - Robin Hood (Legendary character) - 1783 - 280 pages
...particular being, the fuppofed preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the r<.al deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his fhoulder, fays, This I give to thee, frtfervt thou my horfts • this to thee, preferve thou my Jheep... | |
| Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 pages
...which are raifed nine fquare knobs, each dedicated to fome particular being, the fuppofed preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal,...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his * Which was not till the year 1736. -j- My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned in this... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...which are raifed nine fquare knobs, each dedicated to fome particular being, the fuppoied preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal,...deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the tire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his moulder, fays, Thii 1 give to this, preferve thou... | |
| Thomas Rudge - Gloucestershire (England) - 1803 - 432 pages
...preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give thee, preserve thou my horses; this to tbee, preserve thou mj sheep;"... | |
| 1804 - 452 pages
...preserver of their nocki and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his And again he says, " in the reign of Henry VI. the aldermetx sheriffs of London, being on May-day,... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 444 pages
...nocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each per»pn then lurns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his v 3 B 2 And again he says, " in the reign of Henry VI. the aldermen sheriffs of London, being on May-day,... | |
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