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 279
e of the MayKing or the Lord of Life. The colour green, accordingto the Ecclesiastical authorities, still signifies hope,plenty, mirth, youth, and prosperity: as the colourof living vegetation, it was adopted as a symbol of hfe,and Angels and Saints, imrticularhi St. John, are repre-sented clad in… … Fig. 108. — Green Man(Roxburghe Ballads, circaIC.^O).—From The His-tory of Siqnbonrds (Tjar-wood & Hotten). VI.] PUCK 269 being forced to drink two cups, whereof the one was pre-pared to make him mad, the other to kill him by poison.The prosperity of an emblem lies entirely in the Eye, andit is…
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