Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 136
along the rope, still discharging a rain of fire,till it has reached its pillar before the altar, and thereis still. But in the meantime the fusee at the car has setfire to various squibs and petards andcrackers there, andthe whole structureis speedily envelopedin fire and smoke,from which… … Fig. 32. —THE CARKO, FLORENCE. for the course it takes indicates, in their idea, thesort of weather that is likely to ensue during theyear. If the bird moves slowly, halts, then goes onagain, halts, and is sluggish in its flight, they con-clude the year will be tempestuous and the harvest 126…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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