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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... hand several marks or symbols denoting the golden number or cycle of the Moon , which number if under 5 , is represented by so many points , or dots ; but if 5 , a line is drawn from the notch , or day , it belongs to , with a hook ...
... hand several marks or symbols denoting the golden number or cycle of the Moon , which number if under 5 , is represented by so many points , or dots ; but if 5 , a line is drawn from the notch , or day , it belongs to , with a hook ...
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... hand , and the toast- master announces him as drinking " the health of his brethren out of the loving cup . ' The loving cup , which is the an- cient wassail - bowl , is then passed to the guest on his left hand , and by him to his left - ...
... hand , and the toast- master announces him as drinking " the health of his brethren out of the loving cup . ' The loving cup , which is the an- cient wassail - bowl , is then passed to the guest on his left hand , and by him to his left - ...
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... hand , and saying out loud that he has " no more copper " about him . His mother and elder sisters at home doat on ... hands with you , it is like being caught in a windlass . He would not swagger about the streets in his uniform , for ...
... hand , and saying out loud that he has " no more copper " about him . His mother and elder sisters at home doat on ... hands with you , it is like being caught in a windlass . He would not swagger about the streets in his uniform , for ...
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... hand is hacked out any how for the body , while a small limb of any tree is thrust into the stump for the duck's neck , and one of the side branches left short makes his head . These ducks answer the purpose with their living pro ...
... hand is hacked out any how for the body , while a small limb of any tree is thrust into the stump for the duck's neck , and one of the side branches left short makes his head . These ducks answer the purpose with their living pro ...
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... hand was appropriated to some saint . The proof of this is supplied by two very old prints , from engravings on wood , at the British Museum . They are among a col- lection of ancient wood cuts pasted in a folio volume . It would occupy ...
... hand was appropriated to some saint . The proof of this is supplied by two very old prints , from engravings on wood , at the British Museum . They are among a col- lection of ancient wood cuts pasted in a folio volume . It would occupy ...
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