The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and Diversio, Volume 2Pub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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... festival in the calendar of nature , particular or fur ther remark on the saints ' festivals would interrupt due attention to the season , and therefore we break from them to observe that day which all enjoy in common , New Year's Day ...
... festival in the calendar of nature , particular or fur ther remark on the saints ' festivals would interrupt due attention to the season , and therefore we break from them to observe that day which all enjoy in common , New Year's Day ...
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... that this name had its origin there . Thus , minne was one of the cups drunk at the feast of Yule , as celebrated in the times of hea thenism , and oel is the general term for festival 15 16 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
... that this name had its origin there . Thus , minne was one of the cups drunk at the feast of Yule , as celebrated in the times of hea thenism , and oel is the general term for festival 15 16 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
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... festival . The night before Yule was called hoggin - nott , or hogenat , signifying the slaughter night , and may have originated from the number of cattle slaughtered on that night , either as sacrifices , or in pre- paration for the ...
... festival . The night before Yule was called hoggin - nott , or hogenat , signifying the slaughter night , and may have originated from the number of cattle slaughtered on that night , either as sacrifices , or in pre- paration for the ...
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... festival of Concord on the second of January . NATURALISTS ' CALENDAR . Mean Temperature ... 35 · 92 . January 3 . THE RIDDLE OF THE YEAR , By Cleobulus . There is a father with twice six sons ; these sons have thirty daughters a ...
... festival of Concord on the second of January . NATURALISTS ' CALENDAR . Mean Temperature ... 35 · 92 . January 3 . THE RIDDLE OF THE YEAR , By Cleobulus . There is a father with twice six sons ; these sons have thirty daughters a ...
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... festival of the na- tivity . In 1753 , Old Christmas - day was observed in the neighbourhood of Wor- cester by the Anti - Gregorians , full as sociably , if not so religiously , as formerly . In several villages , the parishioners so ...
... festival of the na- tivity . In 1753 , Old Christmas - day was observed in the neighbourhood of Wor- cester by the Anti - Gregorians , full as sociably , if not so religiously , as formerly . In several villages , the parishioners so ...
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