 | Jacob Grimm - Germanic peoples - 1883 - 488 pages
...' In some parts of the Highlands the young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 978 pages
...of the 19th c., is thus described: "The young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - Europe - 1891 - 478 pages
...festival is described as follows : " The young people of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 912 pages
...the 19th c., is thus described: ' The youiig folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 982 pages
...meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the'green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 808 pages
...while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan or /&/-/«"«• day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round ngure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to .-. la the whole company. They... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 366 pages
...while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan, or Bal-tein-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut...figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such a circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk... | |
 | French language - 1906 - 766 pages
...Erklärung: In der Beschreibung eines Volksfestes beißt es: Tliey cut a table (besser wäre: a sort of table?) in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting...of such circumference as to hold the whole company (p. 255). Der Kreis also, in welchem die Teilnehmer des Festes sich versammelten, hatte, weil er erhöht0)... | |
 | George Henderson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1911 - 368 pages
...while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Bel-tan, or Bal-tein day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut...trench in the ground, of such circumference as to 1 Golden Bough, i. 319-320. 2 Sinclair's Statistical Account, xi. 620. The word Beltane, however, has... | |
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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 a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide... 
