They extinguished every fire in every house within sight of the hill ; the wheel was then turned from east to west over the nine spindles, long enough to produce fire by friction. If the fire were not produced before noon, the incantation lost its effect. Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore - Page 51by Walter Keating Kelly - 1863 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jacob Grimm - Germanic peoples - 1844 - 672 pages
...gute von miss Austin, er stammt aus der insel Mull an der Westküste Schottlands, und aus dem j. 1767. In consequence of a disease among the black cattle the people agreed to perform an incanlation, though they esteemed it a wicked thing. they *) ahd. pihniutit (excutit) gl. ker. 251.... | |
| Jacob Grimm - Germanic peoples - 1844 - 1338 pages
...p. 98 und im glossar s. T. \M . .!. I.! Kinn Magn. tidskr. for nord. oldk. 2, 294 nach Weslerdabi. carried to the top of Carnmoor a wheel and nine spindles of oakwood. they exlinguished every fire in every house williiu sight of the lull; the wheel was then turned from east... | |
| Jacob Ludwig C. [single works] Grimm - 1854 - 728 pages
...gute von miss Austin, er stammt aus der insel Mull an der Westküste Schottlands, und aus dem j. 1767. In consequence of a disease among the black cattle...incantation , though they esteemed it a wicked thing. they ') ahd. pihniutit (excntit) gl. ker. 251. hnotftt (qnassat) das. 229. hnutten (vibrare) das. 282; N.... | |
| Jacob Grimm - Germanic peoples - 1854 - 674 pages
...der Westküste Schottlands, und aus dem j. 1767. In consequence of a disease among the black cättle the people agreed to perform an incantation, though they esteemed it a wicked thing. they •) ahd. pihniutit (excutit) gl. ker. 251. hnotöt (quassal) das. 229. hnntten (ribrare) das. 282;... | |
| Charles Hardwick - England - 1872 - 338 pages
...toughness " of tradition, as Dasent expresses it. He says : — " In consequence of a disease amongst the black cattle, the people agreed to perform an...to the top of Carnmoor a wheel and nine spindles, long enough to produce fire by friction. If the fire were not produced before n'oon, the incantation... | |
| Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1882 - 298 pages
...von Miss Austin, er stammt aus der insel Mull an der west kiiste Schottlands, und aus dem j. 1767. In consequence of a disease among the black cattle, the people agreed and I may be allowed to refer to the rolling of the sacrificed cake through the Scottish Beltane fire... | |
| Jacob Ludwig C. [single works] Grimm - 1883 - 502 pages
...of Miss Austin ; it refers to the I. of Mull (off the W. coast of Scotland), and to the year 1767. 'In consequence of a disease among the black cattle...esteemed it a wicked thing. They carried to the top of Carnrnoor a wheel and nine spindles of oak wood. They extinguished every fire in every house within... | |
| Jacob Grimm - Germanic peoples - 1883 - 488 pages
...of Miss Austin ; it refers to the I. of Mull (off the W. coast of Scotland), and to the year 1767. ' In consequence of a disease among the black cattle...esteemed it a wicked thing. They carried to the top of Carninoor a wheel and nine spindles of oak wood. They extinguished every fire in every house within... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Anyi (African people) - 1891 - 448 pages
...Scotland as late as the last century2. A Miss Austin relates that in the year 1767, in the isle of Mull, in consequence of a disease among the black cattle,...fire in every house within sight of the hill. The v wheel was then turned from east to west over the nine spindles, long enough to produce fire by friction.... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Anyi (African people) - 1891 - 456 pages
...Scotland as late as the last century2. A Miss Austin relates that in the year 1767, in the isle of Mull, in consequence of a disease among the black cattle, the people agreed to perform aoi incantation, though they esteemed it a wicked thing. They carried to the top of Carnmoor a wheel... | |
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