Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti Quitates Vulgares Etc |
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... Vide Lye's Junii Etymolog . in verbo.- Mr. Wheatley . in his Illustration of the Liturgy , apologizes for our retaining this Ceremony . " Our Church ( says he ) in Inita- " tion of the Saints in former Ages , calls in the Minister and ...
... Vide Lye's Junii Etymolog . in verbo.- Mr. Wheatley . in his Illustration of the Liturgy , apologizes for our retaining this Ceremony . " Our Church ( says he ) in Inita- " tion of the Saints in former Ages , calls in the Minister and ...
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... Vide Durandi Rationale , p . 21. 13 . Durand flourished about the End of the 12th Century . In Ray's Collection of old English Proverbs I find the following Couplet : * When thou dost hear a Toll , or Knell , Then think upon thy passing ...
... Vide Durandi Rationale , p . 21. 13 . Durand flourished about the End of the 12th Century . In Ray's Collection of old English Proverbs I find the following Couplet : * When thou dost hear a Toll , or Knell , Then think upon thy passing ...
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... Vide Du Cange . Gloss . verb . Campana . Tradit Continuator Nangii . An . 1378. Carolum quartum Impera- torem cùm in Galliam venit , nullo Campanarum sonitu exceptum in Urbibus , quod id sit signum dominii : " Et est assavoir que en ...
... Vide Du Cange . Gloss . verb . Campana . Tradit Continuator Nangii . An . 1378. Carolum quartum Impera- torem cùm in Galliam venit , nullo Campanarum sonitu exceptum in Urbibus , quod id sit signum dominii : " Et est assavoir que en ...
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... Vide Pancake - Tuesday in the Appendix . † Reever , a Robber . To reeve , to spoil or rob . Speght's Glossary to Chaucer . William the Conqueror , in the first Year of his Reign , com- manded that in every Town and Village , a Bell ...
... Vide Pancake - Tuesday in the Appendix . † Reever , a Robber . To reeve , to spoil or rob . Speght's Glossary to Chaucer . William the Conqueror , in the first Year of his Reign , com- manded that in every Town and Village , a Bell ...
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... Vide Dr. Percy's Collect . Ballads . The antient Augurs foretold Things to come by the chirping or singing of certain Birds * -the Crow , the Pye , the Chough , & c . hence perhaps the old womanish Observation , that when the Pye ...
... Vide Dr. Percy's Collect . Ballads . The antient Augurs foretold Things to come by the chirping or singing of certain Birds * -the Crow , the Pye , the Chough , & c . hence perhaps the old womanish Observation , that when the Pye ...
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