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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Page 119
... honour of St. Anthony's power of curing pigs , " they used in several places to tie a bell about the neck of a pig , and maintain it at the common charge of the parish , " from whence came our English proverb of " Tantony pig , " or t ...
... honour of St. Anthony's power of curing pigs , " they used in several places to tie a bell about the neck of a pig , and maintain it at the common charge of the parish , " from whence came our English proverb of " Tantony pig , " or t ...
Page 121
... honours . All fall prostrate , as he passes up the church to a small choir and throne , tem- porarily erected ... honour and run- ning footmen , while English gentlemen and ladies mob and scramble , and crowd and bribe , and fight ...
... honours . All fall prostrate , as he passes up the church to a small choir and throne , tem- porarily erected ... honour and run- ning footmen , while English gentlemen and ladies mob and scramble , and crowd and bribe , and fight ...
Page 167
... honour of the di- rectors , had left their orders at the South Sea House , without any previous con- tract , not doubting but they should be allowed the same terms with the first subscribers . Finding , to their great sur- prise and ...
... honour of the di- rectors , had left their orders at the South Sea House , without any previous con- tract , not doubting but they should be allowed the same terms with the first subscribers . Finding , to their great sur- prise and ...
Page 201
... honour of the blessed virgin Mary : and thus , " says the pope , " what was done before to the honour of Ce- res is now done to the honour of the Virgin . " Polydore Vergil , observing on the pagan processions and the custom of publicly ...
... honour of the blessed virgin Mary : and thus , " says the pope , " what was done before to the honour of Ce- res is now done to the honour of the Virgin . " Polydore Vergil , observing on the pagan processions and the custom of publicly ...
Page 205
... honour Whitsontide . Green Bushes then , and sweetest Bents , With cooler Oken boughs , Come in for comely ornaments To re - adorn the house . Thus times do shift ; each thing his turne do's hold ; New things succeed , as former things ...
... honour Whitsontide . Green Bushes then , and sweetest Bents , With cooler Oken boughs , Come in for comely ornaments To re - adorn the house . Thus times do shift ; each thing his turne do's hold ; New things succeed , as former things ...
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