 | John Brand - Great Britain - 1810 - 508 pages
...Days of his Health and Strength, what Mr. Grey calls " a longing ling'ring look behind." Counties in England are accustomed at the Prime of the Moon to say :" It is a fine Moon, God bless her," which some imagine to proceed from a blind Zeal, retained from the antient Irish, who worshipped the... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1810 - 510 pages
...Health and Strength, what Mr. Grey call* " a longing liog'ring look behind." 2 E 2 Counties Counties in England are accustomed at the Prime of the Moon to say: " It is a fine Moon, God bless her," which some imagine to proceed from a blind Zeal, retained from the antient Irish, who worshipped the... | |
 | Joseph Train - 1814 - 234 pages
...and worshipped by the Britons in the form of a beau•*jf tiful maid, having her head covered, and two ears ,./' standing out. The common people in some...the moon, to say, It is a fine moon, God bless her ! which some imagine to proceed from a custom in Scotland, (particularly in the Highlands,) where the... | |
 | John Fellows - Freemasonry - 1835 - 482 pages
...some curious customs which former! y'prevailed in regard to the moon. " The common people, he says, in some counties of England, are accustomed at the...the Moon, to say ; It is a fine Moon, God bless her ; which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal.retained from the ancient Irish, who worshipped the... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 432 pages
...relates some curious customs which formerly'prevailed m regard to the moon. " The common people, he says, in some counties of England, are accustomed at the prime of the Moon, to say; It is a fine Moun, God bless her; which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal,retained from the ancient Irish,... | |
 | John Fellows - Druids and druidism - 1835 - 430 pages
...relates some curious customs which formerly'prevailed m regard to the moon. " The common people, he says, in some counties of England, are accustomed at the prime of the Moon, to say; /(is a fine Moon, God bless her; which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal,retained from the... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...regard to the weather. They say, on that occasion, the New Moon looks sharp.(a) Bailey tells us that the common people, in some counties of England, are...the Moon to say, "It is a fine Moon, God bless her;" which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal, retained from the ancient Irish, who worshipped the... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...regard to the weather. They say, on that occasion, the New Moon looks sharp.(') Ilailey tells ns that the common people, in some counties of England, are...accustomed at the prime of the Moon to say, "It is a line Moon, God hless her;" which some imagine to proceed from a hlind zeal, retained from the ancient... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...in her arme ; And I feir, I feir, my deir master. That we will come to harme."] Bailey tells us that the common people, in some counties of England, are...the moon to say : " It is a fine moon, God bless her ;" which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal, retained from the ancient Irish, who worshipped... | |
 | John Fellows - Mysteries, Religious - 1860 - 376 pages
...some curious customs which formerly prevailed in regard! to the moon. " The common people,"ie says, " in some counties of England are accustomed at the prime of the Moon to say, It is a fine Moon, Godbletahert which some imagine to proceed from a blind zeal retained from tb« ancient Irish, who... | |
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The moon was an ancient N idol of England, and worshipped by the Britons in the form of a beautiful maid, having her head covered, with two ears standing out. The common people in some counties of England are accustomed at the prime of the moon to say... 
