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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... festival appears from its sense in composition , " says Warton ; as amongst others , in the words Leet - ale , Lamb - ale , Whitsun - ale , Clerk - ale , and Church - ale . Leet - ale , in some parts of England , signi- fies the dinner ...
... festival appears from its sense in composition , " says Warton ; as amongst others , in the words Leet - ale , Lamb - ale , Whitsun - ale , Clerk - ale , and Church - ale . Leet - ale , in some parts of England , signi- fies the dinner ...
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... festival , in which an unbounded hilarity reigned through every order of its inhabitants ; for the sun , at that period of the year , entering into the sign Aries , the New Year , and with it the season of rural sports and vernal ...
... festival , in which an unbounded hilarity reigned through every order of its inhabitants ; for the sun , at that period of the year , entering into the sign Aries , the New Year , and with it the season of rural sports and vernal ...
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... Festival of India , have their origin in the ancient practice of celebrating , with festival rites the period of the Ver- nal Equinox , or the day when the new year of Persia anciently began . " Ind . Antiq . , vi . , 71. Cambridge ...
... Festival of India , have their origin in the ancient practice of celebrating , with festival rites the period of the Ver- nal Equinox , or the day when the new year of Persia anciently began . " Ind . Antiq . , vi . , 71. Cambridge ...
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... festival . Conf . " Monta- cut . Orig . Eccles . " pars prior , p . 128 . " Maeri Hiero - lexicon , " p . 156 ; " Joannes Boemus Aubanus , " p . 265 ( all quoted by Brand ) . One of the Popes prohibited these unholy rites on pain of ...
... festival . Conf . " Monta- cut . Orig . Eccles . " pars prior , p . 128 . " Maeri Hiero - lexicon , " p . 156 ; " Joannes Boemus Aubanus , " p . 265 ( all quoted by Brand ) . One of the Popes prohibited these unholy rites on pain of ...
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... festival of Saint Bartholo- mew . Stow died in 1605. After the reign of Chas . 1. , archery appears to have fallen into disrepute . Davenant , in a mock poem , entitled " The long Vacation in London , " describes the attorneys and ...
... festival of Saint Bartholo- mew . Stow died in 1605. After the reign of Chas . 1. , archery appears to have fallen into disrepute . Davenant , in a mock poem , entitled " The long Vacation in London , " describes the attorneys and ...
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