Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti Quitates Vulgares Etc |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 39
Page vi
... retained ; perhaps we should be able to keep nothing . The Common People , confined by daily Labour , seem * I shall quote here the subsequent curious Thoughts on this Sub- - ject : the Puritans are ridiculed in them . These teach that ...
... retained ; perhaps we should be able to keep nothing . The Common People , confined by daily Labour , seem * I shall quote here the subsequent curious Thoughts on this Sub- - ject : the Puritans are ridiculed in them . These teach that ...
Page viii
... retained here in the North , of which I am persuaded the learned of the Southern Part of the Island have not heard , which is , perhaps , the sole Cause why they have never before been investigated . In perusing the subsequent ...
... retained here in the North , of which I am persuaded the learned of the Southern Part of the Island have not heard , which is , perhaps , the sole Cause why they have never before been investigated . In perusing the subsequent ...
Page xiii
... retain'd , and which ought to be laid aside . By HENRY BOURNE , M. A. Curate of the Parochial Chapel of All - Saint's in Newcastle upon Tyne . NEWCASTLE , Printed by J. WHITE for the AUTHOR . MDCCXXV . XV TO THE Right Worshipful and ...
... retain'd , and which ought to be laid aside . By HENRY BOURNE , M. A. Curate of the Parochial Chapel of All - Saint's in Newcastle upon Tyne . NEWCASTLE , Printed by J. WHITE for the AUTHOR . MDCCXXV . XV TO THE Right Worshipful and ...
Page xix
... retain little of their primitive Purity ; the true Meaning and De- sign of them , being either lost , or very much in the Dark through Folly and Superstition . To wipe off therefore the Dust they have contracted , to clear them of ...
... retain little of their primitive Purity ; the true Meaning and De- sign of them , being either lost , or very much in the Dark through Folly and Superstition . To wipe off therefore the Dust they have contracted , to clear them of ...
Page 3
... retained among us , viz . That the Prayers of the Faith- ful may be assisting to the Soul ; and certainly it might be more profitably retained , were it so ordered , that the Bell should be tolled be- fore the Person's Departure , as ...
... retained among us , viz . That the Prayers of the Faith- ful may be assisting to the Soul ; and certainly it might be more profitably retained , were it so ordered , that the Bell should be tolled be- fore the Person's Departure , as ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Account Angels antient antient Custom Antiquity appear apud atque Author Bell Bishop Bishop Stillingfleet Blount Bourne called Candlemass Candles Cere Ceremony CHRIST Christians Christmass Church Church of Rome Church-yards Cock Cock-crow common Corpse Dæmon Dance Darkness Dead derived Devil Divination drink Du Cange Durand Easter Eggs Emblem enim etiam Etymon evil Fairs Feast Festival Fire Funeral Ghost Grave hæc hath Heathens Hence Holy Honour House Ibid JESUS Kind King learned Light LORD Love Manner Mede Moresin Moresini Deprav Morning Name Newcastle upon Tyne Night North Number OBSERVATIONS ON CHAP Occasion Omens Opinion Orig Origin perhaps Places Plutarch Polyd Prayers present quæ quod Rites Rome saltatione Saturnalia Saxon says Scotland Season Second Sight seems Servants shew signifies sing Solstice Soul Spirits Sport Sunday Superstition supposed Taisch tells thee Things thou tion unto Verbo Vide vulgar Witches wont Word Worship