 Within the memory of our Fathers, in Shropshire, in those villages adjoyning to Wales, when a person dyed, there was notice given to an old Sire, (for so they called him,) who presently repaired to the place where the deceased lay, and stood before the...  Ethnology in Folklore - Page 117by George Laurence Gomme - 1892 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Leland - Great Britain - 1770 - 438 pages
...Door of the Houfe, when fome of the Family came out and furnifhed him with a Cricket, on which he fat down facing the Door. Then they gave him a Groat, which he put in his Pocket, a Cruft of Bread which he eat, and a full Bowie of Ale which he drank off at a draught. After this he... | |
 | John Leland - Great Britain - 1774 - 438 pages
...Door of the Houfe, when fome of the Family came out and furnifhcd him with a Cricket, on which he (at down facing the Door. Then they gave him a Groat, •which he put in his Pocket, a Cru ft cf Bread which he eat, and a full Bowie of Ale which he drank off" at a draught. After this... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...the door of the house, when some of the family came out and furnished him with a cricket (or stool), on which he sat down facing the door. Then they gave...pocket ; a crust of bread, which he ate; and a full bowl of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this, he got up from the cricket, and pronounced,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...family came out and furnished him with a cricket (or stool), on which he sat down facing the deor. Then they gave him a groat, which he put in his pocket ; a crust of bread, which he ate ; and a full bowl of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this, he got up from the cricket, and pronounced,... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...(for so they called him,) who presently repaired to the place where the deceased lay, and stood hefore the door of the house, when some of the family came...him a groat, which he put in his pocket; a crust of hread, which he eat ; and a full howle of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...the door." This mode of placing the dead was likewise in use among the Greeks. Hom. 11. xix. v. 212.] they gave him a groat, which he put in his pocket; a crust of bread, which he eat; and a full bowle of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up from the cricket... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1883 - 668 pages
...came out and furnished him with & Cricket on which he sat facing the Door. Then they gave him a Qroat which he put in his Pocket, a Crust of Bread which he eat, and a full Bowie of Ale which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up from the Cricket... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English language - 1852 - 502 pages
...and furnished him with a cricket, on which he sat down facing the door. Then they gave him a gtoat, which he put in his pocket ; a crust of bread, which he eat ; and a full bowle of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up from the cricket... | |
 | Shropshire (England) - 1880 - 282 pages
...the door of the house, when some of the family came out and furnished him with a cricket (or stool) on which he sat down facing the door. Then they gave...pocket ; a crust of bread which he ate ; and a full bowl of ale which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up from the cricket, and pronounced... | |
 | Shropshire (England) - 1881 - 272 pages
...Door ol the House, where some of the Family came out and furnished him with a Cricket [a low stool], on which he sat down facing the Door. Then they gave...which he put in his pocket, a Crust of Bread, which he eat, and a full bowle of ale, which he drank off at a draught. After this he got up from the cricket... | |
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