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 592
, Popular Romances of the West of England, p. 76. X.] HAPPY ENGLAND 575 The digits are magic little workmen who level mountainsand rear palaces at the bidding of their lord and masterBrain : the word digit, French doight, is in fact Good god,and dactyli is the same word plus a final yli. In… … Fig. 343.—Christ with a Plain Nimbus, Ascending to Heaven in a CircularAureole. Carving in Wood of the XIV. Cent. From Evans. Bretons. This tale which centres at London, is to theeffect that a countryman once upon a time dreamed therewas a priceless treasure hidden at London Bridge: hetherefore…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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