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 1 |
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Decayed Intelligence , 4to . 1628 , p . 59 ) But stay ! but stay ! Methirks my sight ,
the Saxons called this month « WolfBetter informd by clearer light , monat , " or
Wolf - month , because the Belus day fri Solbril , to Waa the decat In. No. 1 . ...
Decayed Intelligence , 4to . 1628 , p . 59 ) But stay ! but stay ! Methirks my sight ,
the Saxons called this month « WolfBetter informd by clearer light , monat , " or
Wolf - month , because the Belus day fri Solbril , to Waa the decat In. No. 1 . ...
Page 9
... more , he shook them in his hand , and said We send , instead of New Year's
Gift . they were too light . The donor answered : Read then , and when your faces
shine “ I prithee , Archee , let me see them again , With buxom meat and cap'ring
...
... more , he shook them in his hand , and said We send , instead of New Year's
Gift . they were too light . The donor answered : Read then , and when your faces
shine “ I prithee , Archee , let me see them again , With buxom meat and cap'ring
...
Page 27
A girl going which diffused light over the whole church ; by with a bottle , St.
Genevieve called to this she presented to the bishop ; be , her , and asked what
she carried , she blessing it with the sign of the cross , set answered oil , which
she ...
A girl going which diffused light over the whole church ; by with a bottle , St.
Genevieve called to this she presented to the bishop ; be , her , and asked what
she carried , she blessing it with the sign of the cross , set answered oil , which
she ...
Page 51
Music with her merry fiddles , Joy " on light fantastic toe , " Wit with all his jests
and riddles , Singing and dancing as they go . And Love , young Love , among
the rest , A welcome - nor unbidden guest . Twelfth - day is now only
commemorated ...
Music with her merry fiddles , Joy " on light fantastic toe , " Wit with all his jests
and riddles , Singing and dancing as they go . And Love , young Love , among
the rest , A welcome - nor unbidden guest . Twelfth - day is now only
commemorated ...
Page 57
It is a custom in on the occasion ; but , in 1792 , during the many parishes in
Gloucestershire on this revolution , La Fête de Rois was abo- day to light up
twelve small fires and lished ; Twelfth - day was ordered to be one large one ; this
is ...
It is a custom in on the occasion ; but , in 1792 , during the many parishes in
Gloucestershire on this revolution , La Fête de Rois was abo- day to light up
twelve small fires and lished ; Twelfth - day was ordered to be one large one ; this
is ...
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