Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 270
Greek EoneTS .cli.e O Sacred Tree (N.W. Palace, Nimroud). … Ornriment on the Robe of King. Fig. R7.—From Nineveh (Layard). 260 AECHAIC ENGLAND [chap. to the fern, a sprig of any kind was regarded as the spright,spirit, or spurt of new Hfe or new. Thought {Thaut ?), andthe forms of this young sprig are innumerable. The gist,ghost, or essence of the Maypole…
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