Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs, Past and Current, with Their Classical and Foreign Analogues, Described and Illustrated, Volume 1John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt |
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... Scotland , where the Reformation took a nore severe and gloomy turn than in Eng- land , the Abbot of Unreason , as he was called , with other festive characters , was thought worthy to be suppressed by the Legislature as early as 1555 ...
... Scotland , where the Reformation took a nore severe and gloomy turn than in Eng- land , the Abbot of Unreason , as he was called , with other festive characters , was thought worthy to be suppressed by the Legislature as early as 1555 ...
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... Scotland . The legend of St. Andrew , with that of St. Veronica , in Anglo - Saxon , has been edited for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society ( 8vo . series ) by Mr. Goodwin . A Life of St. Andrew , from a MS . in the Bibliothéque ...
... Scotland . The legend of St. Andrew , with that of St. Veronica , in Anglo - Saxon , has been edited for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society ( 8vo . series ) by Mr. Goodwin . A Life of St. Andrew , from a MS . in the Bibliothéque ...
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... Scotland , St. George to England , St. Denis to France , St. Egidius to Edinburgh , St. Nicholas to Aberdeen . Popery has in many respects closely copied the heathen mythology . She has the supreme being for Jupiter , she has ...
... Scotland , St. George to England , St. Denis to France , St. Egidius to Edinburgh , St. Nicholas to Aberdeen . Popery has in many respects closely copied the heathen mythology . She has the supreme being for Jupiter , she has ...
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... Scotland , upon April Fool Day , they have a custom of " hunting the gowk , " as it is termed . This is done by sending silly people upon fools ' errands from place to place by means of a letter , in which is written : " On the first ...
... Scotland , upon April Fool Day , they have a custom of " hunting the gowk , " as it is termed . This is done by sending silly people upon fools ' errands from place to place by means of a letter , in which is written : " On the first ...
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... Scotland . ) " One stack is fixed on as the dule or goal ; and one person is ap- pointed to catch the rest of the company . " She went abroad , thereby , At barley brake her sweet , swift foot to try . Then couples three be streight ...
... Scotland . ) " One stack is fixed on as the dule or goal ; and one person is ap- pointed to catch the rest of the company . " She went abroad , thereby , At barley brake her sweet , swift foot to try . Then couples three be streight ...
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