 Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a consecration are...  Cassell's popular natural history - Strana 197podľa Cassell, ltd - 1871Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - Počet stránok 380
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar stubb'cl and burnt it,'' when he was way-warden, regardless of * For a similar practice, see Plot's... | |
 | William Hone - 1828 - Počet stránok 514
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers, who interceded in vain for its preservation, urging its power and efficacy, and alleging... | |
 | William Hone - 1828 - Počet stránok 468
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alire, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...he was waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances о the by-standers, who interceded in vain for its preservation, urging its power and efficacy, and... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - Počet stránok 364
...kill shrews, but will not eat them. _VV. J. •f For a similar practice, see Plot's Staffordshire, such a consecration are no longer understood, all...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - Počet stránok 354
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, .and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, "The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - Počet stránok 392
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it, when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders, who... | |
 | 1835 - Počet stránok 466
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...consecration are no longer understood, all succession is at end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred." This shrew-ash, according to a... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - Počet stránok 680
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar gtubb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - Počet stránok 678
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, « The late vicar stnbb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders,... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - Počet stránok 306
...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a...hundred. " As to that on the plestor, ' the late vicar stubb'd and burnt it,' when be was waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers, who... | |
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