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For the existence of it we have authorities innumerable . To quote from one only ; Durandus has recorded , * that men and boys collect bones and other impurities , which they burn , and also carry about burning torches .
For the existence of it we have authorities innumerable . To quote from one only ; Durandus has recorded , * that men and boys collect bones and other impurities , which they burn , and also carry about burning torches .
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506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum therefore can hardly be received ...
506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum therefore can hardly be received ...
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That they formed a customary part in all such processions is evident not only from what has been just quoted from Stow , but from a multitude of other authorities . Puttenham mentions it * With such strange examples before us how a word ...
That they formed a customary part in all such processions is evident not only from what has been just quoted from Stow , but from a multitude of other authorities . Puttenham mentions it * With such strange examples before us how a word ...
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From the same authority we learn that those who fasted on St. John's Eve , and then sate in the church - porch at midnight , would " see who should die in that parish the subsequent year , and that the spirits of such would ( in the ...
From the same authority we learn that those who fasted on St. John's Eve , and then sate in the church - porch at midnight , would " see who should die in that parish the subsequent year , and that the spirits of such would ( in the ...
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But in spite of these authorities , Dr. Decker in his notes upon Barbette does not scruple to assert that the Cole is no coal , but simply the rotten roots of old mugwort , which are generally found under the fresh plant ; this he ...
But in spite of these authorities , Dr. Decker in his notes upon Barbette does not scruple to assert that the Cole is no coal , but simply the rotten roots of old mugwort , which are generally found under the fresh plant ; this he ...
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