 | Joseph Taylor - England - 1819 - 174 pages
...prayers, or vain masses, for the release of souls from purgatory. THROWING THE STOCKING. When Britons bold, Bedded of old Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, That ill or well, The act was all their own. From which ancient custom originated the ceremony now frequently practised in... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...custom came, Stockings to throw (I'm sure you know) At bridegroom and his dame ? " A. When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well, The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found, it should... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...custom came. Stockings to throw (I'm sure you kiu.-J At bridegroom and bis dame ? " A When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well. The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found, it should... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...custom came, Stockings to throw (I'm sure you know) At bridegroom and bis dame ? " A. When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, illorwell. The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 924 pages
...custom came, Stockings to throw (I'm snre yon know) At bridegroom and his dame ? '• A When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well. The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found, it should... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...custom came, Stocking« to throw (I'm snre you know) At bridegroom and his dame ? - Л When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well. The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found, it should... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1841 - 894 pages
...custom came, Stocking» to throw (I'm rare yon know) At bridegroom and bis dame ? - A When Britons bold, bedded of old. Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well. The act was all their own." If a more satisfactory explanation of the custom could be found, it should... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...ancient custom came, Stockings to throw (I'm sure you know) At bridegroom and his dame ? "A. When Britons bold bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown; The pair to tell that, ill or well, The act was all their own." Allan Ramsay, in his Poems, 1721, p. 116, introduces this custom: " The bride... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...rhyme still extant, which gives an early date to this singular custom : " When Britons bold, Wedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown, The pair to tell, That, ill or well, The act was all their own." An octogenarian of my acquaintance informs me that he heard himself thus anathematised... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries - Folklore - 1859 - 386 pages
...rhyme still extant, which gives an early date to this singular custom : " When Britons bold, Wedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown, The pair to tell, That, ill or well, The act was all their own." An octogenarian of my acquaintance informs me that he heard himself thus anathematised... | |
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tis I pray, The ancient custom came, Stockings to throw (I'm sure you know) At bridegroom and his dame ? " A. When Britons bold, bedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown ; The pair to tell, that, ill or well, The act was all their own. 
