 On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday ; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve o'clock ; prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and...  Ballou's Monthly Magazine - Pàgina 2121861Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Manx Society - 1869 - 290 pàgines
...Deseription of the Isle of Man about a century and a half ago, says, " On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday...prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and after having found one of these poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier with the utmost solemnity,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1875 - 518 pàgines
...ushered in with a form much less meaning, and infinitely more fatiguing. On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday;...ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, v, Inch is at twelve o'clock; prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and after having found... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1879 - 534 pàgines
...ushered in with a form much less meaning, and infinitely more fatiguing. On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday;...prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and after having found one of these poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier with the utmost solemnity,... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - 600 pàgines
...substituted. Waldron, in his description of the Isle of Man, says : " On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday...all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in the churches, which is at twelve o'clock ; prayers being over they go to hunt the wren, and after having... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 346 pàgines
...the Isle of Man, the author says, " Here, on the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants have a holiday. They go not to bed all night, but...having found one of these poor birds, they kill her and lay heron a bier with the utmost solemnity, bringing her to the parish church, and burying her... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 450 pàgines
...the Isle of Man, the author says, " Here, on the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants have a holiday. They go not to bed all night, but...having found one of these poor birds, they kill her and lay heron a bier with the utmost solemnity, bringing her to the parish church, and burying her... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 1030 pàgines
...ushered in with a form much less meaning, and infinitely more fatiguing. On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday...prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and after having found one rf these poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier with the utmost solemnity,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 448 pàgines
...the Isle of Man, the author says, " Here, on the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants have a holiday. They go not to bed all night, but...having found one of these poor birds, they kill her and lay heron a bier with the utmost solemnity, bringing her to the parish church, and burying her... | |
 | Arthur William Moore - 1891 - 224 pàgines
...have taken place on Christmas morning 160 years ago, as he says, " on the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday...ring in all the Churches, which is at twelve o'clock ; prayer being over, they go to hunt the wren, and after having found one of these poor birds, they... | |
 | John Brand - 1895 - 602 pàgines
...another copy of the Chrotmas Venei, To Ml Maids: p. 1 55,) tells us : " On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday...prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren ; and after having found one of these poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier with the utmost solemnity,... | |
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