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... appears in medieval Latin as Simanellus , and may thus have been derived from the Latin simila - fine flour . In Wright's " Vocabularies " [ see note 10 ] it appears thus : " Hic artæcopus = symnelle . " This form was in use during the ...
... appears in medieval Latin as Simanellus , and may thus have been derived from the Latin simila - fine flour . In Wright's " Vocabularies " [ see note 10 ] it appears thus : " Hic artæcopus = symnelle . " This form was in use during the ...
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... appears that it was usual to saw the eggs open longitudinally with a very fine instrument made for that purpose , and to remove the whole of the yolk and white . The shell was then carefully cleaned and dried , and lined with gilt paper ...
... appears that it was usual to saw the eggs open longitudinally with a very fine instrument made for that purpose , and to remove the whole of the yolk and white . The shell was then carefully cleaned and dried , and lined with gilt paper ...
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... appears closed about the head , the accomplishment is not many hours distant . If , in a vision , a woman is seen standing near a man's left hand , she will become his wife ; if there are two or three about him , he will marry them all ...
... appears closed about the head , the accomplishment is not many hours distant . If , in a vision , a woman is seen standing near a man's left hand , she will become his wife ; if there are two or three about him , he will marry them all ...
Contents
General Notes on Festivals | 3 |
DAYS AND SEASONScontinued | 8 |
Festivals held before the Reformation | 10 |
Copyright | |
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