 | 1837 - 308 pages
...nobs raised upon it, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flings it over his shoulder, saying, " This I give to thee ! preserve thou my horses ; this to thee... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks о it' a knob, and, flinging it over hie shoulders, says — " This I give to thee ! preserve thou... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, ' This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this I give to thee, preserve thou... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, Hinging it over his shoulders, says, " This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ;" " This to thee,... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their (locks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, fling* ing it over his shoulders, says, " This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ;" " This to... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 414 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds ; or to some particular animal, the real...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulder, says — " This I give to thee ; preserve thou my sheep ; — this I give to thee ; preserve... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pages
...knobs, each of which is dedicated to some particular being, the sup. posed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...destroyer of them : each person then turns his face towards the red-flaming fire, breaks off u knob, und flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I... | |
 | 1830 - 494 pages
...nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this I give to thee, preserve thou my... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 542 pages
...to some particular being, the Supposed preserver of their flocks, or to some particular animal, the destroyer of them ; each person then turns his face...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulder, says — ' This I give to thee ! preserve thou my horses ! this 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... 
