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... in pur- suit of its favourite repast , and the Fern - chaffer ( Scara- bous Solstitialis ) is also abroad ; the May - fly of the angler appears about the fourth , and continues nearly a fortnight , emerging from the water , where it ...
... in pur- suit of its favourite repast , and the Fern - chaffer ( Scara- bous Solstitialis ) is also abroad ; the May - fly of the angler appears about the fourth , and continues nearly a fortnight , emerging from the water , where it ...
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But the two most particular features of the month are the sheep - shearing , which commences when the warm weather appears to be settled , and the mowing of the grass , which of course begins at different times according to the place ...
But the two most particular features of the month are the sheep - shearing , which commences when the warm weather appears to be settled , and the mowing of the grass , which of course begins at different times according to the place ...
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The twenty - first of this month is the æstival or summer solstice , so called because the sun , which has now entered the first degree of Cancer , and is at its greatest distance from the equator , appears to stand still .
The twenty - first of this month is the æstival or summer solstice , so called because the sun , which has now entered the first degree of Cancer , and is at its greatest distance from the equator , appears to stand still .
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It appears , too , among other ceremonies , that on these occasions a wheel , covered with lighted straw , was taken to the top of a hill and rolled down , which , we may pre- sume , was originally intended to symbolize the approaching ...
It appears , too , among other ceremonies , that on these occasions a wheel , covered with lighted straw , was taken to the top of a hill and rolled down , which , we may pre- sume , was originally intended to symbolize the approaching ...
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Probably the festival here alluded to is that on the day of St. Peter and St. Paul , on the 29th of June , which at one time appears to have been celebrated with no little splendour . Mention has already been made of it inci- dentally ...
Probably the festival here alluded to is that on the day of St. Peter and St. Paul , on the 29th of June , which at one time appears to have been celebrated with no little splendour . Mention has already been made of it inci- dentally ...
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| Заглавие | New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, George Soane |
| Автор | George Soane |
| Издател | Churton, 1847 |
| Оригиналът е от | Лионската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 30 септ. 2010 |
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