 ... former customes of the countrey inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 252by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1813 - 444 pages
...inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered iiuto him by some whose proper office that is ; after which,...thrice backwards. " Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen ? '.' Jren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - Great Britain - 1818 - 538 pages
...the ancient former " customes of the country inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, " and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is," &c. (1) In the MS. now before us, at folio 9, is a copy of the form of Inauguration of the Connacht... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 312 pages
...inviolable, and to deliver np the snccession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered nnto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the atone, he tnrneth himself ronnd, tbrice forwards and tbrice backwards. " Endox. Bnt how is the Tanist... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 342 pages
...blood to be Tanist, who shall next succeed him in the said captainry, if he live thereunto. " Eudox, Do they not use any ceremony in this election, for...They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and received) the like oath that the captaine did." —SPENSER'S View of the State of Ireland, apud Work*,... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - Architecture - 1825 - 684 pages
...the auncient former customcs of the countrey inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist. and then hath a wand delivered unto...after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himselfe round, thrice forward, and thrice backward." View, &c. p. 1 1 . VOL. I. S fined to the outward... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto faum by some whose proper office that U ; after whicb, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. M Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? « Iren. They say lie scttcth but one fool аров the stone,... | |
 | Ireland - 1832 - 448 pages
...the auncient former customs of the countrey inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his tanist, and then, hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office thai is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice... | |
 | Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Thomas Colby - Derry (Northern Ireland) - 1837 - 414 pages
...the auncient former customes of the countrey inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto...after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himselfe round, thrice forward, and thrice backward." It is not, perhaps, improbable, that this stone... | |
 | English essays - 1838 - 782 pages
...the auncient former customes of the country inviolable, and then deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto...after which, descending from the stone, he turneth hiinselfe round, thrice forward and thrice backward.' It is not, perhaps, improbable, that this stone... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...the auncient former customes of the countrey inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office thai is; after which, descending from the stone, he turncth himself rouud, thrice forwards and thrice... | |
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