Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 47
, looking out of an atticwindow. Myths attach equally to the Minster, the Ursulinerelics, and to the horses heads. The devil is said tohave prophesied that the cathedral would never be completed, yet lo! itis finished to the laststone of the spires!The bones of theeleven thousand virginshave been… … ON GABLES. 37 near the Church of the Apostles have a very curiousand instructive history attaching to them, and that,though the story that accounts for their presence ontop of a house is fabulous, their presence is of extremeinterest to the antiquary. The legend told of these particular heads is…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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