 | Thomas Pennant - 1772 - 390 pages
...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 - 508 pages
...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 - 498 pages
...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 - 466 pages
...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;... | |
 | William Hutchinson - 1778 - 544 pages
...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 ihoulder, fays, this I give to thee, preferve " thou my horfes ; this to thee, preferve thou my flieep,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1783 - 280 pages
...of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, the r<.al deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his fhoulder, fays, This I give to thee, frtfervt thou my horfts • this to thee, preferve thou my Jheep... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 pages
...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 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...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 - 444 pages
...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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... for each of the company must contribute something. 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... 
