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In the early part of this month mackarel are taken abundantly on our southern coasts ; some young birds of the early broods are on the wing , though hardly to be recognized in their first plumage ; the Bat is now less frequently seen ...
In the early part of this month mackarel are taken abundantly on our southern coasts ; some young birds of the early broods are on the wing , though hardly to be recognized in their first plumage ; the Bat is now less frequently seen ...
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frequently seen than during the two preceding months ; * the Cuckoo changes his tune , but often sings early and late , as in May , though usually with a hoarse note , and is heard , more or less , till July ; the Fern Owl may be seen ...
frequently seen than during the two preceding months ; * the Cuckoo changes his tune , but often sings early and late , as in May , though usually with a hoarse note , and is heard , more or less , till July ; the Fern Owl may be seen ...
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Still less can I agree with Moresin , * that this custom is a relic of the ordeal , according to which he who passed safely through the flames was held to be innocent ; for the bon- fires are a much more ancient observance than the ...
Still less can I agree with Moresin , * that this custom is a relic of the ordeal , according to which he who passed safely through the flames was held to be innocent ; for the bon- fires are a much more ancient observance than the ...
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His dictum there- fore can hardly be received , and the less as Minshew ( sub voce ) ex- plains Whiffler by " bastionero , " i.e. a staff - bearer , an interpretation which to my mind is fully borne out by Randle Holme in his descrip- ...
His dictum there- fore can hardly be received , and the less as Minshew ( sub voce ) ex- plains Whiffler by " bastionero , " i.e. a staff - bearer , an interpretation which to my mind is fully borne out by Randle Holme in his descrip- ...
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There are no less than seven festivals of St Peter . 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 .
There are no less than seven festivals of St Peter . 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 .
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