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
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 546 pages
...I give to thee, O Fox, spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded Crow ; this to thee, O Eagle ! when the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle,...on the next Sunday they re-assemble and finish the relies of the first entertainment."* Dr. James Robertson, minister of Callander, gives a very different... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 514 pages
...to thee, O hooded Crow ; this to thee, O Eagle ! when the ceremony is over, they dine on the candle, and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid...on the next Sunday they re-assemble and finish the relies of the first entertainment."* Dr. James Robertson, minister of Callander, gives a very different... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 542 pages
...! when the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle, and afier the feast is finished, what is lefi is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose ; but...on the next Sunday they re-assemble and finish the relies of the first entertainment."* Dr. James Robertson, minister of Callander, gives a very different... | |
| John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1853 - 580 pages
...give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs !' ' this to thee, 0 hooded crow !' ' this to thee, eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...on the next Sunday they reassemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment." I found the following note in p. 149 of the Muses' Threnodie,... | |
| William Bell (phil. dr.) - 1856 - 58 pages
...give to thee, oh fox, spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, oh hooded crow ; this to thee, oh eagle ! When the ceremony is over they dine on the caudle ; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hidden by two persons deputed for that Surpose ; but on the next Sunday they re-assemble and nish the... | |
| Samuel Lysons - Great Britain - 1861 - 282 pages
...thee, 0 fox, spare thou my lambs; this to tbee, 0 hooded crow; this to thee, 0 eagles," &c. When this ceremony is over they dine on the caudle ; and after...Sunday, they re-assemble and finish the relics of the entertainment." which separated the Dobuni from the Cornavii and the Ordovices, forming, as it were,... | |
| Samuel Lysons - Great Britain - 1861 - 286 pages
...this to thee, 0 eagles," &c. When this ceremony is over they dine on the caudle; and after the fsast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed...Sunday, they re-assemble and finish the relics of the entertainment." which separated the Dobuni from the Cornavii and the Ordovices, forming, as it were,... | |
| Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - Customary law - 1874 - 492 pages
...give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle ! " When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...and finish the relics of the first entertainment. Pennant's Tour in Scotland, 1772, pp. 94, 95. the town presented him with seventy team of horses, all... | |
| Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - Customary law - 1874 - 512 pages
...give to thee, O fox | spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle ! " When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...and finish the relics of the first entertainment. Pennant's Tour in &«tland, 1772, pp. 94, 95. * Worm. Monum. Dan. lib. ip 28. Pennant's Tour in Scotland,... | |
| Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 pages
...give to thee, O Fox! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded Crow ! this to thee, O 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 — Pmttant. A GOOD CAUTIONER. Patrick Forbes, bishop of Aberdeen,... | |
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