 ... an apple suspended by a string, with the mouth alone, and the same by an apple in a tub of water ; each throwing a nut into the fire ; and those that burn bright betoken prosperity to the owners through the following year, but those that burn black...  The Literary Panorama - Page 2351809Full view - About this book
 | 1809 - 672 pages
...8 iiuc into it, and those which bum bright betoken prosperity to the owners, through the toilowiHg year : misfortune is presaged by those that burn black and crackle. On the following morning tho stones are searched for in the tire ; if any be missing, let their owners make op their minds to... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...tu the owners through the following year but those that burn black and crackl« denote misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing they betide ill to those that threw them in." At St. Kilda, on Hallow E'en night,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...to the owners through the following year, but those that burn black and crackle denote misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing they betide ill to those that threw them in." At St. Hilda, on Hallow E'en night,... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - Wales - 1828 - 442 pages
...prosperity to the owners through the ensuing year, but those that turn black and crackle betoken misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any are missing, they betide ill to those who threw them in; these, besides many others which... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - Wales - 1828 - 452 pages
...prosperity to the owners through the ensuing year, but those that turn black and crackle betoken misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any are missing, they betide ill to those who threw them in ; these, besides many others which... | |
 | William Preston - Freemasonry - 1829 - 488 pages
...to the owners through the following year, but those that burn black, and crackle, denote misfortune. On the following morning, the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing they betide ill to those who threw them in. Another remnant ot Druidical superstition,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...prosperity ta the owners through the following year but those that burn black and crackle denote misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing they betide ill to those that threw them in." At St. Kilda, on Hallow E'en night,... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...to the owners through the following year, but those that burn black and crackle denote misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing, they betide ill to those that threw them in." These ceremonies bear no little... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 666 pages
...betoken prosperity to the owner through the following year ; misfortune is presaged by those that turn black and crackle. On the following morning the stones...let their owners make up their minds to encounter mischief—perhaps calamity. In Ireland the Bel-tern is lighted on Midsummer eve ; and this custom... | |
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