A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions |
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againſt alfo alſo ancient Banbury becauſe Berks Biſhop bread cafe candle cauſe cheeſe Chefh Cheſh child corn CREEM Cumb defire Derb Devil door drefs Effex England Engliſh Exmore faid Fairies fame fays Ray feems feen fellow fenfe fhall fheep fhew fhoes fhould fide fign fignifies fince fire firft firſt fmall fo called fome fometimes formerly fpirits ftand ftone ftriking fuch Fuller fays fuppofed fure Ghofts Ghoſts Glouc Hand of Glory hanging hath hill himſelf horfe horſe houfe houſe inftances Ingleborough Kent King land likewife Linc London meaſure moſt muft muſt Norf Northumb obferved occafion old Saxon pafs pariſh perfon perhaps practifed prefent proverb purpoſe reſemble Saxon ſay ſeems ſhall ſmall ſome ſpoken ſtone Suff Suffolk thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe town ufed uſed veffel Vicar of Bray whence whilft whofe Witches woman wood word
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Page ccxii - A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three...
Page 54 - All hail to the moon, all hail to thee ; I prithee, good moon, reveal to me This night who my husband shall be.
Page ccxvii - More saw this aged man, he thought it expedient to hear him say his mind in this matter, for, being so old a man, it was likely that he knew most of any man in that presence and company. So Master More called this old aged man unto him, and said, father...
Page 31 - ... charm, or sorcery, whereby any person shall be killed, destroyed, wasted, consumed, pined, or lamed in his or her body, or any part thereof...
Page cci - A gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom...
Page ccxlii - Kelvedon for the whore" (p. 23); "Sutton for mutton, Kirby for beef, / South Darne for gingerbread, Dartford for a thief" (p. 32) ;" Gray's Inn for walks, Lincoln's Inn for a wall, / The Inner Temple for a garden, and the Middle for a hall
Page ccxvi - DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION: Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And, by a codicil to his will, He added Helvoet and the Brill; a saying occasioned by the shameful impositions practised by the inhabitants of those places, on sailors and travellers.
Page 53 - It is also a popular superstition that any unmarried woman fasting on Midsummer eve, and at midnight laying a clean cloth, with bread, cheese, and ale, and sitting down as if going to eat, the street-door being left open, the person whom she is afterwards to marry will come into the room and drink to her by bowing ; and after filling the glass will leave it on the table, and, making another bow, retire...
Page 31 - ... wicked spirit to or for any intent or purpose; or take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his, her, or their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person...