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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... night , in the open country , to 31.36 ° -the difference , 8-92 ° , represent- ing the mean effect of the sun's rays ... Nights in this month have constantly the temperature at or below the foregoing point . ‡ + See vol . i . p . 1 ...
... night , in the open country , to 31.36 ° -the difference , 8-92 ° , represent- ing the mean effect of the sun's rays ... Nights in this month have constantly the temperature at or below the foregoing point . ‡ + See vol . i . p . 1 ...
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... 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 feast on 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 feast on the ...
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... night . Now , if a frosty day or two does happen to pay us a flying visit , on its way to the North Pole , how the little boys make slides on the pathways , for lack of ponds , and , it may be , trip up an occasional housekeeper just as ...
... night . Now , if a frosty day or two does happen to pay us a flying visit , on its way to the North Pole , how the little boys make slides on the pathways , for lack of ponds , and , it may be , trip up an occasional housekeeper just as ...
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... night spent in France . TWELFTH - DAY . It is only in certain rural parts of France that the merriments represented above still prevail . The engraving is from an old print , " I. Marriette ex . " inscribed as in the next column . " L ...
... night spent in France . TWELFTH - DAY . It is only in certain rural parts of France that the merriments represented above still prevail . The engraving is from an old print , " I. Marriette ex . " inscribed as in the next column . " L ...
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... night , school - boys dismiss " the , cares and the fears " of academic rule ; or they are regarded but as a passing cloud , intercepting , only for an instant the sun- shine of joy wherewith their sports are brightened . Gerund ...
... night , school - boys dismiss " the , cares and the fears " of academic rule ; or they are regarded but as a passing cloud , intercepting , only for an instant the sun- shine of joy wherewith their sports are brightened . Gerund ...
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