 | Thomas Pennant - 1772 - Počet stránok 390
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and fhnging it over his fhoulders, fays, 'This I give to (bee, pre/erve tbo* my borfes; this to tbte ^... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - Počet stránok 508
...prefervtr of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his • Which was not till the year 1736. f My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned in this... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - Počet stránok 498
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging ic over his • Which was not till the year 1736. t My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - Počet stránok 466
...Preferver of their Flocks and Herds, or to fome particular Animal, the real Deftroyer of them: Each Perfon then turns his Face to the Fire, breaks off a Knob, and flinging it over his Shoulders, fays, this I give to thee, preferve thou my Horfes; this to thee, preferve thou my Sheep;... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1783 - Počet stránok 280
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his flioukler, fays, This I give to thee, preferve thou my horfts ; ibis to thce, prejerve thou my Jheip... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - Počet stránok 500
...preferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the real deftroyer of them: each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his * Which was not till the year 1736. -j- My account of this, and every other ceremony mentioned in this... | |
 | Thomas Rudge - 1803 - Počet stránok 432
...way of libation ; on that every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square nobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed...flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give thee, preserve thou my horses; this to tbee, preserve thou mj sheep;" and so on. After that, they use... | |
 | Thomas Rudge - 1803 - Počet stránok 970
...herds, or o / /-yme particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person thei »»-/ -/«*ftrns his face to the fire, breaks off a "knob, and, flinging it over JH fiTT £•«. shoulder, says, " This I give thee, preserve thou my horses; this* ' ^r-if t'le*>... | |
 | 1804 - Počet stránok 452
...raised nine square knobs; each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their nocki and herds, or to some particular animal, the real...fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his And again he says, " in the reign of Henry VI. the aldermetx sheriffs of London, being on May-day,... | |
 | 1804 - Počet stránok 444
...nocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each per»pn then lurns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his v 3 B 2 And again he says, " in the reign of Henry VI. the aldermen sheriffs of London, being on May-day,... | |
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The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and... 
