Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr. Bourne's Antiquitates vulgares. revised by sir H. Ellis, 1. kötet1853 |
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27. oldal
... Thou hast thy eves and holidayes : Thy wakes , thy quintels , here thou hast , Thy May - poles too , with garlands grac't : Thy Morris - dance ; thy Whitsun ale ; Thy shearing feast , which never faile . Thy Harvest Home ; thy Wassaile ...
... Thou hast thy eves and holidayes : Thy wakes , thy quintels , here thou hast , Thy May - poles too , with garlands grac't : Thy Morris - dance ; thy Whitsun ale ; Thy shearing feast , which never faile . Thy Harvest Home ; thy Wassaile ...
29. oldal
... thou mayst bud , and whence thou mayst blow ! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full ! caps full ! Bushel - bushel - sacks full , And my pockets full too ! Huzza ! " This done , they return to the house , the doors of which ...
... thou mayst bud , and whence thou mayst blow ! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full ! caps full ! Bushel - bushel - sacks full , And my pockets full too ! Huzza ! " This done , they return to the house , the doors of which ...
37. oldal
... thou goest into thy bed , thou must be sure to put on a clean shift , and the best thou hast , then the better thou mayst speed . And when thou liest down , lay thy right hand under thy head , saying these words , Now the god of Love ...
... thou goest into thy bed , thou must be sure to put on a clean shift , and the best thou hast , then the better thou mayst speed . And when thou liest down , lay thy right hand under thy head , saying these words , Now the god of Love ...
38. oldal
John Brand sir Henry Ellis. before thou awakest out of thy first sleep thou shalt see him come and stand before thee , and thou shalt perceive by his habit what tradesman he is ; but be sure thou declarest not thy dream to anybody in ten ...
John Brand sir Henry Ellis. before thou awakest out of thy first sleep thou shalt see him come and stand before thee , and thou shalt perceive by his habit what tradesman he is ; but be sure thou declarest not thy dream to anybody in ten ...
46. oldal
... thou this creature of a waxen taper at our humble supplication , and by the vertue of the holy crosse , pour thou into it an heavenly See on this subject Dupré's Conformity between Ancient and Modern Ceremonies , ' p . 96 , and ...
... thou this creature of a waxen taper at our humble supplication , and by the vertue of the holy crosse , pour thou into it an heavenly See on this subject Dupré's Conformity between Ancient and Modern Ceremonies , ' p . 96 , and ...
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alluded ancient appears April ashes Bishop bowl boys bread cake called Candlemass candles celebrated ceremony Christ Christmas Christmass church Churchwardens cock cross curious custom dance dayes door doth dressed drink Easter Day Easter Monday eggs England fast feast festival find the following fire flowers Fools garlands Gentleman's Magazine give hand hath Henry History Hobby-horse holy honour John King Lady Leek Lent London Lord Lord of Misrule Maid Marian maids manner May-pole mentioned merry Midsummer Midsummer Eve Monday morning Morris-dance Naogeorgus night observed occasion Palm Sunday pancakes parish passage Payd person play Polydore Vergil poor Poor Robin's Almanack Popish Queen Robin Hood Rogation Roman round Saint says Scotland season Shrove Tuesday singing solemnity song speaking superstition tells thee thou Thursday town translated unto Valentine Wassail Wassel women word writer Year's yere young
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xvii. oldal - The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place? Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows ! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, VOL.
433. oldal - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
xvii. oldal - And therefore is the glorious planet, Sol, In noble eminence enthron'd and spher'd Amidst the other; whose med'cinable eye Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil, And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad: But, when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents?
213. oldal - England, the juvenile part of both sexes were wont to rise a little after midnight on the morning of that day, and walk to some neighbouring wood, accompanied with music and the blowing of horns, where they broke down branches from the trees and adorned them with nosegays and crowns of flowers. This done, they returned homewards with their booty about the time of sunrise, and made their doors and windows triumph in the flowery spoil.
215. oldal - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
214. oldal - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
261. oldal - With drums, and guns that bounce aloud, and merry tabor playing ! Which to prolong, God save our king, and send his country peace, And root out treason from the land ! and so, my friends, I cease.
469. oldal - COME, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free ; And drink to your hearts' desiring. With the last year's brand Light the new block, and For good success in his spending On your psaltries play, That sweet luck may Come while the log is a-teending.
xvii. oldal - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
149. oldal - made his maund in our Lady's chapel, having fifty-nine poor men, whose feet he washed and kissed ; and, after he had wiped them, he gave every of the said poor men twelve pence in money, three ells of good canvass to make them shirts, a pair of new shoes, a cast of red herrings, and three white herrings ; and one of these had two shillings.