 The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock bis feather in the head, as effete and of no more use.  Ethnology in Folklore - Page 135by George Laurence Gomme - 1892 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William John Thoms - Anecdotes - 1839 - 222 pages
...xv. 20.) NO. CL. — THE HOLY MAWLE. The Holy Mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church door, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father in the head, as effete and of no more use. Aubrey, 109 r°. Aubrey has inserted this memorandum as... | |
 | German literature - 1845 - 604 pages
...s. 84 stofse ich auf folgende meidung. 'The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his feather in the head, äs effete and of no more use.' Das aufhängen des mawle (maul, maillet, malleus)... | |
 | German literature - 1845 - 604 pages
...s. 84 stofse ich auf folgende meidung. 'The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his feather in the head, äs effete and of no more use. ' Das aufhängen des mawle (maul, maillet, malleus)... | |
 | Moriz Haupt, Karl Müllenhoff, Elias Steinmeyer - German literature - 1845 - 588 pages
...s. 84 stofse ich auf folgende meldung. 'The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his feather in the head, as effete and qf no more use.' Das aufhängen des mawle (maul, maillet, malleus)... | |
 | moriz haupt - 1845 - 594 pages
...s. 84 stofse ich auf folgende meldung. 'The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his feather in the head, as effete and of no more use.' Das aufhängen des mawle (maul, maillet, mallens)... | |
 | George Soane - Fasts and feasts - 1847 - 360 pages
..."The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church door, which, when the father was seventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father on the head, as effete and of no more use."t — Mawle is the same as mall, and signifies a wooden hammer. Sieve and Shears. — " The magick... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1850 - 790 pages
...a very repulsive superstition : — " The Holy Mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church door, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock hi» father in head, as effete and of no more use." To the short illustration which I then appended... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1864 - 622 pages
...referred by Griinm to the hammer of Thor. 'The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church-door, which, when the father was seaventie, the sonne might...father on the head, as effete and of no more use.' — Haupt's Zeitschrift, v. 72. that m. This, no doubt, is a violent change, and a change apparently... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1865 - 634 pages
...The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church-door, which, when the father was eeaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father on the head, as effete and of no more me." — Hanpt'a /iittchrijl, v. 72. and a change apparently without any physiological necessity, as... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1880 - 684 pages
...referred by Grimm to the hammer of Thor 4 The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the church-door, •which, when the father was seaventie, the sonne...father on the head, as effete and of no more use.' — Haupt'g ZatKhrift, T. 72. Grom, the thunder, and has become a mythological personage. Besides these... | |
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