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Aberystruth ancient appeared Banbury bees believe body called Candlemas Day castle Charlcombe charm child church Claridge common Cornwall cure curious custom CUTHBERT BEDE Davy dead death Diodorus Siculus door England evil eyes fairies farmer father fire Fuenvicouil funeral give Gobawn hand heard hives horse hounds informed instance intuitive knowledge John jour king lady legend Lord LORE luck moon morning neighbourhood neighbours never night Obeah old Saxon language parish person piskies pommeuse poor proverb Pwcca rain readers remedy rhyme Ribbesford ring round Saint-Clément Sainte-Luce seen Sextus Empiricus Shepherd of Banbury's Sir Richard Baker soul spirits stone story superstition supposed tell things thou tion told tradition unlucky Ussheen village warts weather wind wine witch woman young δὲ ἐν καὶ τῷ τῶν
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Page 109 - My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne ; And, all this day, an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
Page 149 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
Page 105 - How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry! which their keepers call A lightning before death: O, how may I Call this a lightning?
Page 106 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
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Page 71 - One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth— Four on 'em!
Page 106 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 205 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
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Page 203 - Obion is still the Egyptian name for a serpent.' Moses, in the name of God, forbids the Israelites ever to inquire of the demon Ob, which is translated in our Bible, charmer or wizard, 'divinator aut sorcilegus.