 At midday a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed to confer luck for the ensuing year on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry...  Nature - Page 226edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1853 - 748 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
 | Literature - 1853 - 436 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At mid-day a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 858 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday, a struggle takes place, at 8 Q v d in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 872 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday, a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1906 - 956 pages
...pillar, cut its throat and then roasted it whole, skin, wool, £c. At midday a struggle took place, aT the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...get a slice for the chosen amongst the young women, ajl of whom, in their best dresses, attended the Ram Feast, as it was called. Dancing, wrestling, and... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 848 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday, a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...for the ensuing year on the fortunate devourer. As im act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - Devon (England) - 1876 - 934 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - Devon (England) - 1876 - 938 pages
...pillar, cut its throat, and then roast it whole, skin, wool, &c. At midday a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed...on the fortunate devourer. As an act of gallantry, in high esteem among the females, the young men sometimes fight their way through the crowd to get... | |
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