 | Thomas Pennant - 1772 - 390 pages
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then 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
...prefervtr of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the 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
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his 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
...Preferver of their Flocks and Herds, or to fome particular Animal, the real Deftroyer of them: Each Perfon then turns his Face to the 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;... | |
 | William Hutchinson - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1778 - 544 pages
...of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real ** deftroyer of them ; each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a '* knob, and flinging it over his ihoulder, fays, this I give to thee, preferve " thou my horfes ; this to thee, preferve thou my flieep,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - Robin Hood (Legendary character) - 1783 - 280 pages
...of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the r<.al deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the 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
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his face to the 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... | |
 | Thomas Rudge - Gloucestershire (England) - 1803 - 432 pages
...particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face...flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give thee, preserve thou my horses; this to tbee, preserve thou mj sheep;" and so on. After that, they use... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...particular being, the supposed preserver of their nocki and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face...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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The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground by way of libation. On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and... 
