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" ... and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.* Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash... "
Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore - Page 152
by Walter Keating Kelly - 1863 - 308 pages
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The Natural History of Selborne, Volume 1

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :* — Into thebody of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor, or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar stubb'cl and burnt it,'' when he was way-warden, regardless of * For a similar...
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The Table Book, Volume 2

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 514 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus : — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the plestor, the late vicar stubbed and burnt it, when he was waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances...
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The Table Book, Volume 2

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 468 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :—Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alire, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1829 - 364 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:-]- — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for * They were supposed, also, to be particularly injurious to horses. " When a horse in the fields happened...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue forever. A shrew-ash was made thus :* — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, "The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ...

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it, when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances...
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The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of ...

Gilbert White - 1834 - 396 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no tloubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 25

1835 - 466 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :— Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor, devoted...consecration are no longer understood, all succession is at end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred." This shrew-ash, according to a...
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus2: — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, « The late vicar stnbb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances...
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The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's ...

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus*: — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar gtubb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances...
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