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" Wooing was for the most part carried on under cover of night. At a late hour the young man set out for the abode of his ladylove. By the time he arrived, all the family had retired to rest. He tapped at the window. The happy maiden. „Wha kens the meaning... "
Zur volkskunde - Page 376
by Felix Liebrecht - 1879 - 522 pages
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An Echo of the Olden Time from the North of Scotland

Walter Gregor - Scotland - 1874 - 176 pages
...melancholy vale, 'Tie when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale." WOOING was for the most part carried on under cover...window was lifted, and he made his entrance by it. The marriage was commonly arranged between the two without the knowledge of the parents. At times the...
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Englische Studien, Volume 1

Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1877 - 566 pages
...XVI, 42 angemerkt. 1 ) VII. KILTGANG. Der oben angeführte Rev. W. Gregor berichtet ferner (p. 108): »Wooing was for the most part carried on under cover...made his entrance by it.« Dies war, wie man sieht, etn kiltgang in aller form rechtens, wie er übrigens auch noch jetzt in Wales geübt wird nach Rodenberg,...
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Zur Volkskunde: Alte und neue Aufsätze

Felix Liebrecht - Folklore - 1879 - 546 pages
...carried on under cover of night. At a late hour the young man set out for the abode of his lady-lave. By the time he arrived, all the family had retired...heisst: »Es ist das in ganz Wales gebräuchliche Carw-ar-y-gwefy, das sogenannte Freiwerben auf dem Bette, wobei das Mädchen mit ihrem Geliebten plaudernd...
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Zur Volkskunde: Alte und neue Aufsätze

Felix Liebrecht - Folklore - 1879 - 550 pages
...time he arrived, all the family had retired to rest. He tapped at the window. The happy maiden, '\Vha kens the meaning o' the same', was quickly at the...heisst: »Es ist das in ganz Wales gebräuchliche Carw-ar-y-gwely, das sogenannte Freiwerben auf dem Bette, wobei das Mädchen mit ihrem Geliebten plaudernd...
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Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland

Walter Gregor - Folklore - 1881 - 306 pages
...retired to rest. He tapped at the window. The happy maiden, " \Vha keni tbe meaning o' the ним," was quickly at the door, undid the bar and admitted...not be admitted by the door, the window was lifted, nnd he made his entrance by it. The marriage was commonly arranged between the two without the knowledge...
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Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-East of Scotland

Walter Gregor - Folklore - 1881 - 264 pages
...door, undid the bar and admitted her lover. * Cf. Henderson, p. 35, and FL Record, vol. ip 12 (44, 45). If he could not be admitted by the door, the window was lifted, and he made his entrance by it. The marriage was commonly arranged between the two without the knowledge of the parents. At times the...
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The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State

John R. Tudor - Botany - 1883 - 780 pages
...the meaning o* the same,' was quickly at the door, undid the bar and admitted her lover. If he cculd not be admitted by the door, the window was lifted, and he made his entrance by it." l The Shetlanders and Orcadians have probably inherited bundling from their Norse ancestors, as Du...
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Sohrab and Rustem: The Epic Theme of a Combat Between Father and Son; a ...

Murray Anthony Potter - Folk literature - 1902 - 272 pages
...night together in the fashion just mentioned. 1 In North Scotland, according to the Rev. W. Gregor, ' wooing was for the most part carried on under cover...window was lifted, and he made his entrance by it. 2 custom being regularly kept up, becoming handfasted to all the men. ' (4) The consequent uncertainty,...
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Englische Studien, Volume 1

Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1877 - 566 pages
...XVI, 42 angemerkt. 1 ) VII. KILTGANG. Der oben angeführte Rev. W. Gregor berichtet ferner (p. 108): »Wooing was for the most part carried on under cover...heisst: »Es ist das in ganz Wales gebräuchliche Carw-ar-y-gwely, das sogenannte freiwerben auf dem bette, wobei das mädchen mit ihrem geliebten plaudernd...
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