10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILDERMAS»
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating ...
None every marry on a Childermas Day. Melton, in his "Astrologaster," p. 45,
informs us it was formerly an article in the creed of popular superstition that it was
not lucky to put on a new suit, pare one's nails, or begin any thing, on a
Childermas ...
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, 1841
45, informs us it was formerly an article in the creed of popular superstition that it
was not lucky □ to put on a new suit, pare one's nails, or begin any thing, on a
Childermas Day. It appears from Fenn's Letters, 4to. vol. i. p. 234, that on account
...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: ...
CHILDERMAS, or HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY. This day, in the Calendar of
Superstition, is of most unlucky omen. None ever marry on a Childermas Day.
Melton, in his Astrologaster, p. 45, informs us it was formerly an article in the
creed of ...
John Brand, Henry Ellis, 1873
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of ...
CHILDERMAS, or HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY. This day, in the (Jalendar of
Superstition, is of most unlucky omen. None ever marry on a Childermas Day.
Melton, in his Astrologaster, p. 45, informs us it was formerly an article in the
creed of ...
John Brand, sir Henry Ellis, 1849
5
Popular antiquities of Great Britain, with additions by W.C. ...
290 CHILDERMAS* OR HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY. IN the Calendar of
Superstition this day is of most unlucky omen. People never marry on Childermas
Day. According to Melton's Astrologaster it was formerly an article in the Creed of
Popular ...
John Brand, sir Henry Ellis, 1877
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The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
CHILDERMAS 97 later version, he would be unable to reach Heaven after death.
If the birth- chamber was at the top of the house, so that it was impossible to go
higher, the nurse could overcome the difficulty by mounting on a box or a low ...
Edwin Radford, Mona Augusta Radford, Christina Hole, 1996
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the ...
CHILDERMAS' or HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY. THIS Day, in the Calendar of
Superstition, is of most unlucky omen. None ever many on a Childermas Day.
Melton in his Astrologaster, p. 45. informs us it was formerly an article in the
Creed of ...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of ...
Childermas Hospinian, referring to this strange custom, says that the reason was
not only that the children might remember this most barbarous bntchery, but at
the same time learn that with Christ were born hatred, persecution, the cross,
exile ...
Robert Thomas Hampson, 1841
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Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales
As Marie Hamilton has shown, the Prioress's paraphrases of, and references to,
several biblical texts are found in the Sarum Missal propers of the mass for the
feast of Holy Innocents (December 28) known as Childermas, which Chaucer ...
Robert M. Correale, Mary Hamel, 2005
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Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: ...
CHILDERMAS, or liOLY INNOCENTS' DAY. Tins day, in the Calendar of
Superstition, is of most unlucky omen. None ever marry on a Childermas Day.
Melton, in his Astrologaster, p. 45, informs us it was formerly an article in the
creed of ...
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, 1969
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILDERMAS»
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell recap: episode five – Arabella
The war is over, but Strange is down a wife, thanks to the increasingly odious Stephen Black. At least things are looking up for Childermass. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Mud, silt reduce water supply in St James, Hanover
... Sun Valley Road, Rectory Drive, Catherine Mount, Albion, Reading Heights, Anchovy, Childermas, Lethe, sections of Comfort Hall, Wiltshire, ... «Jamaica Observer, May 15»
Fact: Christmas Does Not End On December 25!
28 December is Childermas or the Feast of the Innocents. Currently, the twelve days and nights are celebrated in widely varying ways around ... «atlantadailyworld, Dec 14»
Scottish words for the Christmas season
In Scotland, this day had a different name: Childermes (alternative spelling: Childermas). It was named after the Feast of the Holy Innocents, ... «Scotsman, Dec 14»
For Poems Like This For Childermas
Have you ever heard of Emily Hickey? Me either, at least not until just now. Born in 1845, she is a child of the Emerald Isle, an Irish lass born in ... «Patheos, Dec 13»
3 reasons Christians should mourn before 2014
... Christians around the world observe the Feast of Holy Innocents or “Childermas.” On this day, the faithful will read the Biblical story of King ... «Religion News Service, Dec 13»
Dramatic punt on Old Tote
It was called Childermas and was written by Tom Keneally, composed by Nigel Butterley and directed by Clark. It was sponsored by the ... «The Australian, Mar 13»
Shakira Gives Birth to Baby Boy
The holiday is called Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas, and is celebrated by pulling all sorts of pranks (inocentadas), just like we all do ... «Softpedia, Dec 12»
April Fools' Day Traditions Around the World
Spain – December 28, Holy Innocents' Day or Childermas, is also celebrated in Latin America. Though it technically is a Christian feast day, the ... «TIME, Apr 12»
Childermas Traditions In Hungary, 28 December
On the Christian calendar, the Feast of the Holy Innocents (Childermas) commemorates the infanticide in Jerusalem in the time of Herod the ... «XpatLoop.com, Dec 10»
