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... PLANTS , TREES , RODS , ETC. - MAGIC CUDGELS . CHAPTER VIII . MYTHICAL DRINKING VESSELS , SIEVES , CAULDRONS , AND OTHER UTENSILS - WITCHES - COWS - HARES - CATS- NIGHTMARES ยท PAGE 137 158 187 212 CHAPTER IX . THE WEREWOLF 242 CHAPTER X ...
... PLANTS , TREES , RODS , ETC. - MAGIC CUDGELS . CHAPTER VIII . MYTHICAL DRINKING VESSELS , SIEVES , CAULDRONS , AND OTHER UTENSILS - WITCHES - COWS - HARES - CATS- NIGHTMARES ยท PAGE 137 158 187 212 CHAPTER IX . THE WEREWOLF 242 CHAPTER X ...
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... plant , which the Hindus now identify with the Asclepias acida , or Sarcostemma viminale . This is a plant containing a milky juice of a sweetish subacid flavour , which , being mixed with honey and other ingredients , yielded to the ...
... plant , which the Hindus now identify with the Asclepias acida , or Sarcostemma viminale . This is a plant containing a milky juice of a sweetish subacid flavour , which , being mixed with honey and other ingredients , yielded to the ...
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... plant an oak near the cross on the Marxberg ( Mons Martis , Donnersberg , Dummersberg ) , and to fit a wheel to the oak . This having been done , the peculiar and ancient popular sport took place on Invocavit Sunday . Two guilds , the ...
... plant an oak near the cross on the Marxberg ( Mons Martis , Donnersberg , Dummersberg ) , and to fit a wheel to the oak . This having been done , the peculiar and ancient popular sport took place on Invocavit Sunday . Two guilds , the ...
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... plant , from bara , bread , and llys , a plant . " 66 Marsh , " Lectures on the English Language , " p . 246 . F 66 NEEDFIRES SACRIFICIAL . grass and corn , the name.
... plant , from bara , bread , and llys , a plant . " 66 Marsh , " Lectures on the English Language , " p . 246 . F 66 NEEDFIRES SACRIFICIAL . grass and corn , the name.
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... plants used in making the fermented liquor , soma , and among these plants the Hindus included yava - which in this case meant barley or rice . It will be seen in the sequel that the demon possesses himself also of the heavenly soma ...
... plants used in making the fermented liquor , soma , and among these plants the Hindus included yava - which in this case meant barley or rice . It will be seen in the sequel that the demon possesses himself also of the heavenly soma ...
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