Cambrian Superstitions, Comprising Ghosts, Omens, Witchcraft, Traditions, &c: To which are Added a Concise View of the Manners and Customs of the Principality, and Some Fugitive Pieces |
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... dancing about ; but when they arose in the morning , expecting to see these ornaments so much esteemed by the Cambrian peasantry , on the floor , would be astonished at beholding them in their proper places , doubtless observing , y mai ...
... dancing about ; but when they arose in the morning , expecting to see these ornaments so much esteemed by the Cambrian peasantry , on the floor , would be astonished at beholding them in their proper places , doubtless observing , y mai ...
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... dancing in it , pronouncing at the same time some mysterious words , and repeating the Lord's prayer backwards ; casting figures ; using a skull , or ( as Lilly says ) a beryl engraven with hieroglyphics.— Familiars were also ...
... dancing in it , pronouncing at the same time some mysterious words , and repeating the Lord's prayer backwards ; casting figures ; using a skull , or ( as Lilly says ) a beryl engraven with hieroglyphics.— Familiars were also ...
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... dancing , " When the pale moon ascending high , Darts through the limes her quiv'ring beams , " and our modern fair ones seem to imitate this exam- ple of theirs , and like those sweet creatures , the fairies , when offended , are bent ...
... dancing , " When the pale moon ascending high , Darts through the limes her quiv'ring beams , " and our modern fair ones seem to imitate this exam- ple of theirs , and like those sweet creatures , the fairies , when offended , are bent ...
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... dancing without order , some in and others on the ring ; whilst others particularly in North Wales , say they danced in blue petticoats , paying the strict- est regard to order , and never deviating from a per- fect circle . On an ...
... dancing without order , some in and others on the ring ; whilst others particularly in North Wales , say they danced in blue petticoats , paying the strict- est regard to order , and never deviating from a per- fect circle . On an ...
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... dancing . He had often heard of them , and had seen their rings in the neighbourhood , but not til then had the pleasure of seeing them ; he once thought of running home to acquaint his parents , but judging they would be gone before he ...
... dancing . He had often heard of them , and had seen their rings in the neighbourhood , but not til then had the pleasure of seeing them ; he once thought of running home to acquaint his parents , but judging they would be gone before he ...
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accustomed apparition appearance beautiful believed Beuno Birmingham Breconshire called Cambrian Cardiganshire Carmarthen Carmarthenshire cause cave church chwi Corpse Candles Coseley custom Cyoeraeth dancing dark Davies death devil discover ditto Thomas ditto Williams Dowch Dudley Dudley Port Elidar Encyclopædia Britannica enter esteemed exclaimed fairies farmer fear fire flowers fond friends funeral ghost Giraldus goblins harp haunt hear heard Hill Howell illusion imagined informed Iolo Jones lady lake leek legend light living Llandilo Llandovery Llanllwch look Monmouthshire Morgan morning mountain never night North Wales o'er observed Oldbury pass peasantry Pembrokeshire Pencader perceived person respecting returning ring road round Saxon seems seen sight soon spectral spirits stone story strange superstition supposed tain thing tion Tipton traditions Trelech Tylwyth Teg voice wassail Welsh whilst wind witches wizards woman
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Page 141 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites...
Page 163 - Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature ! for who teems like thee, Thus on the banks of thy majestic Rhine? There Harold gazes on a work divine, A blending of all beauties; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.
Page 144 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 49 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Page 35 - She then opened two •other doors of the same room, and upon seeing no person, she returned to the fireplace. After a few moments, she heard the same voice still calling: " , come to me! come! come away!
Page 50 - I look for Ghosts; but none will force Their way to me: — 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead; For, surely, then I should have sight Of Him I wait for day and night, With love and longings infinite.
Page 76 - I. c. 12. that all persons invoking any evil spirit, or consulting, covenanting with, entertaining, employing, feeding, or rewarding any evil spirit; or taking up dead bodies from their graves to be used in any witchcraft, sorcery, charm, or inchantment ; or killing or otherwise hurting any person by such infernal arts, should be guilty of felony without benefit of clergy, and suffer death.
Page 114 - Gamboll'd on heaths, and danced on every green ; And where the jolly troop had led the round, The grass unbidden rose, and mark'd the ground : Nor darkling did they dance, the silver light Of Phoebe served to guide their steps aright, And with their tripping pleased, prolong the night.
Page 46 - People may Burlesque these Things, but when Hundreds of the most sober People in a Country, where they have as much Mother-Wit certainly as the rest of Mankind, know them to be True, nothing but the absurd and froward Spirit of Sadducism can Question them.
Page 143 - ... his pocket ; but the theft boded him no good. As soon as he had touched unhallowed ground the flower vanished and he lost his senses. Of this injury the Fair Family took no notice at the time. They dismissed their guests with their accustomed courtesy, and the door was closed as usual. But their resentment ran high.