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" ... blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance... "
Folk Lore: Or, Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within this Century - Page 162
by James Napier - 1879 - 190 pages
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 668 pages
...holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 5

English literature - 1809 - 688 pages
...ilie bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws tbe black bit, is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed, to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance (if man and beast. There it little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices baring been once,...
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The Literary panorama, Volume 5, Issue 1809

1809 - 672 pages
...enlided to the last bit. Whoever dnws the black bit, Is the devoted person who is- to be sjcriBced In Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of men and beast. Thenis little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices IMfine been once offered...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 81, Part 1; Volume 109

Early English newspapers - 1811 - 750 pages
...holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who i- to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inj 111:1.111 sacrifices having been...
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An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2

Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit, is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is litfle doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once...
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Horĉ Momenta Cravenĉ: Or, The Craven Dialect, Exemplified in Two Dialogues ...

Rev. William Carr - Craven (England) - 1824 - 138 pages
...holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit, u the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in Tendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman...
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Dialect of Craven, in the Westriding of the County of York: With a ..., Volume 1

William Carr - English language - 1828 - 384 pages
...holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit, is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 2

1829 - 442 pages
...holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. Baltein signifies the fire of Baal. — Baal or Ball, is the only...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 2

1829 - 446 pages
...to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baa!, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. Baltein signifies the fire of Baal. — Baal or Ball, is the only...
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Two lectures on the remains of ancient pagan Britain; illustr. with drawings

Thomas Stackhouse - 1833 - 178 pages
...out one : he who holds the bonnet is entitled to the " last piece; whoever draws the black bit is the person to be sacrificed to BAAL, " whose favour they...mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sus" tenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having " once...
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