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 DiversionsPub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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... king and queen , and children's play ; I tell of Valentines , and true - love's - knots , Of omens , cunning - men , and drawing lots I tell of brooks , of blossoms , birds and bowers , Of April , May , of June , and July - flowers ; I ...
... king and queen , and children's play ; I tell of Valentines , and true - love's - knots , Of omens , cunning - men , and drawing lots I tell of brooks , of blossoms , birds and bowers , Of April , May , of June , and July - flowers ; I ...
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... kings , and the nobility especially , interchanged pre- sents . Mr. Ellis quotes Matthew Paris , who appears to show that Henry III cz- new year's gifts from king James I. to the persons THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
... kings , and the nobility especially , interchanged pre- sents . Mr. Ellis quotes Matthew Paris , who appears to show that Henry III cz- new year's gifts from king James I. to the persons THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
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... king's officers and servants in ordinary 155l . 58. , and to their servants that present the king's majestie with new year's gifts . " An orange stuck with cloves seems , by refer- ence to Mr. Fosbroke and our early au- thors , to have ...
... king's officers and servants in ordinary 155l . 58. , and to their servants that present the king's majestie with new year's gifts . " An orange stuck with cloves seems , by refer- ence to Mr. Fosbroke and our early au- thors , to have ...
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... king James I. to the persons whose names are therein mention- ed on the 1st of January 1605 , with the new year's ... king's jester , who , having fooled many , was fooled himself . Coming to a noble- man , upon new year's day , to bid ...
... king James I. to the persons whose names are therein mention- ed on the 1st of January 1605 , with the new year's ... king's jester , who , having fooled many , was fooled himself . Coming to a noble- man , upon new year's day , to bid ...
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... king of the Scots . Charles , when a child , was weak in the legs , and ordered to wear steel - boots . Their weight so annoyed him that he pined till recreation became labour . An old rocker took off the steel - boots , and concealed ...
... king of the Scots . Charles , when a child , was weak in the legs , and ordered to wear steel - boots . Their weight so annoyed him that he pined till recreation became labour . An old rocker took off the steel - boots , and concealed ...
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