 | 1871 - 798 страници
...t " Our country maidens are well aware that />///,• leaves plucked at hazard from the common ask are worn in the breast, for the purpose of causing...trefoil are supposed to possess similar virtues." — Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore, p- 10. shape. The prose Edda tells of a primeval age... | |
 | John Fiske - 1873 - 300 страници
...Greek fire-god Hephaistos the husband of Aphrodite. t "Our country maidens are well aware that triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ash are worn...yellow trefoil are supposed to possess similar virtues. " — Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore, p. 20. J "In Peru, a mighty and far-worshipped deity... | |
 | John Fiske - 1882 - 276 страници
...Greek fire-god Hephaistos the husband of Aphrodite. t "Our country maidens are well aware that triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ash are worn...trefoil are supposed to possess similar virtues." — Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore, p. 20. Thus we reach at last the completed conception... | |
 | 1882 - 968 страници
...chapter of Ruth, in order that they may both dream of and see their future husbands. Triple leaves, too, plucked at hazard from the common ash, are worn in the breast, and are believed to possess special virtues.2 There is, too, the well-known one of passing a piece... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 380 страници
...assumes a whimsical shape. The prose Edda tells of a 1 " Our country maidens are well aware that triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ash are worn...trefoil are supposed to possess similar virtues." Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore, p. 20. a "In Peru, a mighty and far- worshipped deity... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1903 - 500 страници
...interview. Or the FIRST EGG OF A PULLET. This is a suitable present for a sweetheart. — N., i. 2. Triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ash are worn in the breast of maidens for the purpose of causing prophetic dreams respecting a dilatory lover. — HW Buckinghamshire... | |
 | 1871 - 818 страници
...Aphrodite. t " Our country maidens are well aware that triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ask are worn in the breast, for the purpose of causing...the yellow trefoil are supposed to possess similar virtue»." — Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore, p. 30. shape. The prose Edda tells of a... | |
 | 1871 - 856 страници
...Aphrodite. t *' Our country maidens are well aware that trifle leaves plucked at liaxard from the common ask are worn in the breast, for the purpose of causing...lover. The leaves of the yellow trefoil are supposed to posset« similar virtues." — Harland and Wilkinson, Lancashire Kolk-Lore, p. 20. shape. The prose... | |
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We may, perhaps, see here the reason for making the Greek fire-god Hephaistos the husband of Aphrodite. t "Our country maidens are well aware that triple leaves plucked at hazard from the common ash are worn in the breast, for the purpose of causing prophetic... 