 | John Brand - 1849 - Страниц: 574
...Prymer of Salisbury, printed at Rouen, 1551, 8vo." Aubrey, in his Remains of Gentilisme and Juadisme, MS. Lansd. 266, f. 5, says : — " Memorandum, at...which afterwards they hang up in their churches." Mr. Henry Rowe, in a note in his Poems, ii. 4, says : — "The Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford, erected... | |
 | George Hunt Smyttan - 1854 - Страниц: 90
...May.' " — Brand's Pop. Ant. " Children weave the garland gaily." — Page 13, note i. "On May-day the young maids of every parish carry about garlands...which afterwards they hang up in their churches." — Awbrey. NOTES. " It was of old a festive day, That ushered in the birth of May ; Eight early on... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 632
...year." Aubrey has this memorandum in his R'.mains of Gentiliime and Judaisme, MS. Lansd. 266, p. 5. : " At Oxford the boys do blow cows' horns and hollow canes all night ; and on May-day the young maids of every parish carry about garlands of flowers, which afterwards they hang... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - Страниц: 600
...archery." A singular practice is mentioned by an old writer in one of his treatises. "At Oxford," he says, "the boys do blow cows' horns and hollow canes all...flowers, which afterwards they hang up in their churches. " It was also customary until lately (and we are not yet certain that it has been discontinued) for... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - Страниц: 886
...Prymer of Salisbury, printed at Rouen, 1551, 8vo." Aubrey, in his Remains of Gentilisme and Juoaisme, says : " Memorandum, at Oxford the boys do blow cows...which afterwards they hang up in their churches." Henry Rowe, in a note in his Poems, says : " TAe Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford, erected by Cardinal... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1900 - Страниц: 582
...Lansd. 266, p. 5) i^At Oxford the boys do blow cows' horns and hollow cones all night ; and on May-day the young maids of every parish carry about garlands...flowers, which afterwards they hang up in their churches. At Combe, in the same county, troops of little girls dressed up fantastically parade the village, carrying... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - Страниц: 808
...Gentilisme and Judaisme, says : " Mi morandum, at Oxford the boys do blow cows horns and hollow can all night ; and on May Day the young maids of every parish car about garlands of flowers, which afterwards they hang up in the churches." Henry Rowe, in a note... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - Страниц: 360
...Gentilisme and Judaisme," MS. Lansd. 226, fol. 5 b. says : " Memorandum, at Oxford the boys do blow cow horns and hollow canes all night; and on May Day the...which afterwards they Hang up in their churches." Horns (ii.)— There used to be a vulgar saying that " a husband wears horns," or is a Cornute, when... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 436
...(lancers, who footed it merrily, till sunset, to the fiddle's jovial found. " At Oxford," savs Aubrey, "the boys do blow cows' horns and hollow canes all night ; and on May-day the young maids of every parish carry about garlands of flowers. which afterwards they hang... | |
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Oxford the boys do blow cows horns and hollow canes all night ; and on May Day the young maids of every parish carry about garlands of flowers, which afterwards they hang up in their churches. 