 Beltan or 2&/-&2#-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pagina 4231811Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Henry William J. Senior - 1885 - 208 pagine
...p. 105). "On the first day of May, which is called Beltan or Beltain day, all the boys in a township meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod,...the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted... | |
 | Jacob Grimm - 1883 - 488 pagine
...' In some parts of the Highlands the young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | English Dialect Society - 1888 - 508 pagine
...'In some parts of the Highlands the young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | 1890 - 786 pagine
...taken notice of, while they remain. Upon the iirst day of May, which is called Beltan, wBal-tein day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors....the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted... | |
 | 1800 - 116 pagine
...taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltau or Baltein Day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors....the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted... | |
 | 1890 - 978 pagine
...of the 19th c., is thus described: "The young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - 1891 - 478 pagine
...festival is described as follows : " The young people of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Elford Higgens - 1893 - 98 pagine
...taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan or Beltein Day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors....the whole company. They kindle a fire and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistency of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted... | |
 | John Brand - 1895 - 602 pagine
...which has been transmitted to us by our Popish ancestors, and was borrowed by them from the ancients. ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk of the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted... | |
 | 1897 - 912 pagine
...the 19th c., is thus described: ' The youiig folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
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