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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Page 1037
... tarasque , " with a terrible head , a terri- ble mouth , with two terrible rows of teeth , wings on its back , and a terrible long tail . At the festival of St. Martha , by whom the " tarasque " was chained , this figure was led about ...
... tarasque , " with a terrible head , a terri- ble mouth , with two terrible rows of teeth , wings on its back , and a terrible long tail . At the festival of St. Martha , by whom the " tarasque " was chained , this figure was led about ...
Page 1039
... tarasque " was endeared to them by its antiqui- ty , as well as by the amusement it af- forded them . For four years the festival of the “ tarasque " remained uncelebrated , when an attempt was made to reestablish it ; a new " tarasque ...
... tarasque " was endeared to them by its antiqui- ty , as well as by the amusement it af- forded them . For four years the festival of the “ tarasque " remained uncelebrated , when an attempt was made to reestablish it ; a new " tarasque ...
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