10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAGHAIRM»
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There are far worse fates than death, but that is a truth Gadin Wilde knows all too well.
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis: or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
gentleman excellently versed in the antiquities of that people, we have been
informed, that not many years ago some of the highlanders relied implicitly upon
certain oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word seems
to be ...
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex.), 1819
3
The Jumbies’ Playing Ground: Old World Influences on ...
One of the more uncanny instances of the wearing of a bull's hide involves the
Scottish ritual of taghairm. In this ancient form of divination, an individual sewn
into an ox hide was deemed to have the gift of prophecy. In Gaelic, taghairm
means ...
Robert Wyndham Nicholls, 2012
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Not many years ago some of the Highlanders relied implicitly upon certain
oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word seems to be
compounded of ta, which in some parts of the Highlands is still used to denote a
spirit or ...
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Not- m:my years ago some of. the Highlanders relied implicitly upon certain-
oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word ' seems to be
compounded of ta, which in some parts of the Highlands is still used to denote a
spiiit ...
6
The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Not many years ago some of the Highlanders relied implicitly upon certain
oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word seems to be
compounded of ta, which in some parts of the Highlands is still used to denote a
spirit or ...
7
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Not many years ago some of the Highlanders relied implicitly upon certain
oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word seems to be
compounded of ta,'which in some parts of the Highlands is still used to denote a
spirit or ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
8
The lady of the lake. With notes and analytical and ...
107, iv. — The Taghairm calfd; by which, afar, Our sires foresaw the events of war
. The Highlanders, like all rude people, had various superstitious modes of
inquiring into futurity. One of the most noted was the Taghairm, mentioned in the
text.
Walter Scott (sir, bart.), 1871
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Not many years ago some of the Highlanders relied implicitly upon certain
oracular responses, called in their language taghairm. This word seems to be
compounded of ta, which in some parts of the Highlands is still used to denote a
spirit or ...
10
Hood's magazine and comic miscellany
Of the Taghairm, which is said, literally, to signify " an echo," and of which such a
thrilling description is given in the fourth canto of " The Lady of the Lake," traces
may be found in antiquity. Those who slept on the skin of the sacrificial ram at the
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5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAGHAIRM»
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Taghairm – another incredibly specific word, this one relating to a mode of divination often involving freshly slain ox, waterfall and a rainbow. • Napiform ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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3. Taghairm. Taghairm was an evil practice most recently observed in May 1824 as recorded by the London Literary Gazette. It was believed that a demonic Cait ... «Catster, Jan 15»
At the very heart of life and death
Commenter: Taghairm; Date and time: Mon Oct 28 04:44:49 UTC 2013. Low common sense quotient??? This is one of the most common sense ideas I have ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 13»
Mini-review: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
"Taghairm: an ancient Scottish method of divination in which the practitioner would lie in a remote location, e.g. behind a waterfall, wrapped in the hide of a ... «The Economist, Oct 12»
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8匹の猫を，4日4晩かけて殺す暗黒の儀式，タガルム（Taghairm）を行うと，ビッグイヤー（Big Ear）と呼ばれる猫の邪神が召喚できるという。ビッグイアーは大きくて非常に ... «4Gamer.net, May 07»
