...pursued with all the ardor and all the appetite, which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom.—In Ireland a wake is a midnight meeting, held professedly...it has been contained in a bag to form a mattress, of simply spread upon the earthen floor, is immediately taken out of the house, and burned before the...

...conviviality, and rustic courtship, are pursued with all the ardour and all the appetite, which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom. — In Ireland...composed his bed, whether it has been contained in a bag t» form a mattress, or simply spread upon the earthen floor, is immediately taken out of the house,...

...conviviality, and rustic courtship, are pursued with all the ardour and all the appetite which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom. In Ireland, a...bag to form a mattress, or simply spread upon the earthern floor, is immediately taken out of the house, and burned before the cabin door, the family...

...conviviality, and rustic courtship, are pursued with all the ardour and all the aDuetite which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom. In Ireland a wake...of the lower order dies, the straw which composed the bed, whether it has been contained in a bag to form a mattress, or simply spread upon the earthen...

...conviviality, and rustic courtship are pursued with all the ardour and all the appetite which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom. In Ireland a wake...held professedly for the indulgence of holy sorrow, hut usually it is converted into orgies of unholy joy. When an Irish man or woman of the lower order...

...pleasure from the glossary of " Castle Rackrent," hy Maria Edgeworth, 5th edit. 8vo. Lond. 1810, p. 214: "In Ireland a Wake is a midnight meeting, held professedly for the indulgence of holy sorrow, hut usually it is converted into orgies of unholy joy. When an Irish man or woman of the lower order...

...church-yard, to come and attend the buriall." — Synaon's Description of Galloway, Edinburgh, 1822, p. 95. When an Irish man or woman of the lower order dies, the straw which composed the bed is immediately taken out of the house and burned before the cabin door, the family at the same...

...conviviality, and rustic courtship, are pursued with all the ardour and all the appetite which accompany such pleasures as occur but seldom. In Ireland a wake...of the lower order dies, the straw which composed the bed, whether it has been contained in a bag to form a mattress, or simply spread upon the earthen...

...will be read with pleasure from the glossary of Castle Rackrent, by Miss Edgeworth, ed. 1810, p. 214 : "In Ireland a wake is a midnight meeting, held professedly...of the lower order dies, the straw which composed the bed, whether it has been contained in a bag to form a mattress, or simply spread upon the earthen...

...latter still я:Ьsists in the form of a village wake.—In Ireland, according to Miss Edgeworth, " a wake is a midnight meeting, held professedly for the indulgence of holy sorrow, but usually converted into orgies of unholy joy." It occurs upon tindeath of one in humble circumstances, ivho-f...