 This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to...  Pastimes and Players - Page 194by Robert Macgregor - 1881 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1826 - 748 pages
...' This to thee, O Fox, spare thou my lambs ;' 'this to thee, O hooded Crow;' 'this to thee, Eagle." When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment." 3. Incense Cups, or Thurilula, diminutive, more fantastic in... | |
 | English essays - 1826 - 738 pages
...This to thee, O Fox, spare thou my lambs ;' ' this to thee, O hooded Crow ;' ' this to thee, Eagle." When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid hy two persons deputed for that purpose ; but ou the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...give to thee, О fox ! spare thon my lambs : this to thee, О 'hooded crow! this to thee, О eagle !" When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle,...and finish the relics of the first entertainment." This feast bears a striking resemblance to the I'n/ilia, a feast celebrated by the ancient Romans,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 pages
...: this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle ! When the ceremony is over, they dine on (he caudle; and after the feast is finished, what is left...on the next Sunday they reassemble and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.' Dr. James Robertson, minister of and the number of small islands.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...give to thee, O foxl spare thou my lambs : this to thee, О hooded crow 1 this to thee, О eagle ! When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle;...finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for fathoms, and its greatest width is about twenty miles. The neighbouring shores afford several good... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs;" " This to thes, O hooded crow !" "This to thee, eagle !" When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.' (Pennant's Tour in Scotland, 8vo. Chester, 1771, p. 90.) General... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs;" " This to thee, О hooded crow !" " This to thee, eagle!" When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.' (Pennant's Tour in Scotland, 8vo. Chester. 1771, p. 90.) Janiieson,... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...I give to thee, O Fox, spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded Crow ; this to thee, 0 Eagle ! when the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle,...and finish the relics of the first entertainment."* Dr. James Robertson, minister of Callander, gives a very different account of this festival ; but there... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 954 pages
...give to thee, О Fox, spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, О hooded Crow ; this to thee, О Eagle ! when the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle,...and finish the relics of the first entertainment."* Dr. James Robertson, minister of Callander, gives a very different account of this festival ; but there... | |
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