 Highlander goes to bathe, or to drink waters out of a consecrated fountain, he must always approach by going round the place, from east to west on the south side, in imitation of the apparent diurnal motion of the sun.  Supplement to the Glossary of Indian Terms - Page 131by Sir Henry Miers Elliot - 1845 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 480 pages
...church sun-ways. The Highlanders, in going to bathe or drink in a consecrated fountain, approach it by going round the place from east to west on the south side. When the dead are laid in their grave, the grave is approached by going round in the same manner. The... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 498 pages
...church sun-ways. The Highlanders, in going to bathe or drink in a consecrated fountain, approach it by going round the place from east to west on the south side. When the dead are laid in their grave, the grave is approached by guing round in the same manner. The... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 354 pages
...Highlander went to bathe, or to drink waters out of a consecrated fountain, he must always approach by_ going round the place from East to West on the South...in imitation of the apparent diurnal motion of the sun. This is called in Gaelic going round the right or the lucky way. The opposite course is the wrong,... | |
 | James George Frazer - Magic - 1913 - 382 pages
...sacrifice at Baltein, but upon many other occasions. When a Highlander goes to bathe, or to drink waters out of a consecrated fountain, he must always approach by going round the place, from east to west en the south side, in imitation of the apparent diurnal motion of the sun. When the dead are laid in... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Bombay - Anthropology - 1928 - 1060 pages
...to batHe 1 //•;,/. p. IU. or to drink waters out of a consecrated fountain, he must always do so by going round the place from East to West on the south side This is called in Gaulic 'going round the right or the lucky way.' The opposite course is ' the wrong,... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1828 - 678 pages
...west, or according to the course of the sun, and is a custom of high antiquity in religious ceremonies. When a highlander goes to bathe or to drink water out of a consecrated fountain, he must approach by going round the place from east to west, on the south side, in imitation of the apparent... | |
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