 | George Henderson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1911 - 368 pages
...particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, and to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, 'This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep... | |
 | Lewis Spence - Mythology - 1921 - 394 pages
...Pennant, in his Tour through Scotland, thus described the Bealltainn observances as they were practised at the end of last century. " The herds of every village...the being whom he thanks, ' preserver of my sheep,' etc. ; or to the destroyer, ' This I give to thee (O fox or eagle), spare my lambs,' etc. When this... | |
 | Ovid - Calendar - 1931 - 518 pages
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 | Portuguese literature - 1900 - 592 pages
...particular being, the supposed perserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says : « This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses » ; « This to thee, preserve thou... | |
 | Portuguese literature - 1900 - 584 pages
...particular being, the supposed perserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaksoffa knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says : « This I give to thee, preserve thou my... | |
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The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground by way of libation. On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and... 
