 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 542 pages
...perfectly blach. They put all . the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, May Day. draw8 Out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who must be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, May Day. <1raws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who must be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 954 pages
...put all '. — the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, May Day. (jraws ои£ а portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who must be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...of these portions all over with charcoal until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out...entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering... | |
 | William Winwood Reade - Druids and Druidism - 1861 - 276 pages
...until it is quite black. They put all the bits into a bonnet and every one, o blind-folded, draws. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black morsel is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, and is compelled to leap three times... | |
 | Jonathan Forbes Leslie - Scotland - 1866 - 364 pages
...They kindle a fire and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against...entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering... | |
 | Forbes Leslie - Scotland - 1866 - 374 pages
...a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten 'np, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar...entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to. implore in rendering... | |
 | Forbes Leslie - Scotland - 1866 - 352 pages
...up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size iand shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub...entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black { bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1906 - 1046 pages
...with charcoal, until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Everyone, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet...entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering... | |
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They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore,... 
