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" She then remounted her horse, and bidding them prepare their sickles, for in the evening they should cut their barley, she went on her way. And it came to pass as the Saint had foretold. In the evening the barley was ready for the sickle, and while the... "
The Antiquary - Page 253
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Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, Volume 1

Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1883 - 694 pages
...way?' to which they were to answer, ' When we were sowing this barley.' She then remounted her horse, and bidding them prepare their sickles, for in the...the barley which was sown in the morning, ripened at mid-day, and was reaped in the evening, they owned that it was in vain to fight against God. Mediaeval...
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Shropshire folk-lore, ed. by C.S. Burne, from the collections of G.F. Jackson

Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1886 - 320 pages
...way'!' to which they were to answer, ' When we were sowing this barley.' She then remounted her horse, and bidding them prepare their sickles, for in the...the barley which was sown in the morning, ripened at mid-day, and was reaped in the evening, they owned that it was in vain to fight against God. Mediaeval...
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Shropshire Folk-lore, a Sheaf of Gleanings, Volume 3

Charlotte Sophia Burne - 1886 - 314 pages
...prepare their sickles, for in the evening they should cut their barley, she went on her way. And it eame to pass as the Saint had foretold. In the evening...the barley which was sown in the morning, ripened at mid-day, and was reaped in the evening, they owned that it was in vain to fight against God. Mediaeval...
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Salopian Shreds and Patches, Volumes 9-10

1891 - 538 pages
...sickles, for in the evening they should out their barley, sha went on her way. And it came to pass aa the saint had foretold. In the evening the barley...reaping, St. Milburga's enemies came up, and asked for newa of her. The men replied that she had stayed there at the time of the sowing of that barley, and...
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Salopian Shreds and Patches: A Garland of Shropshire Specialities ..., Volume 9

1891 - 392 pages
...barley was ready for the tickle, and while the men were busy reaping, St. Milburga'i enemies oame np, and asked for news of her. The men replied that she...sowing of that barley, and they went away baffled. Bnt when they came to hear that the barley which was sown in the morning ripened at mid-day, and was...
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The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England: Including Rivers, Lakes ...

Robert Charles Hope - 1893 - 264 pages
...?" to which they were to answer, " When we were sowing this barley." She then remounted her horse, and bidding them prepare their sickles, for in the...barley, and they went away baffled. But when they came \Q hear that the barley which was sown in the morning ripened at mid-day, and was reaped in the evening,...
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Goddess Obscured: Transformation of the Grain Protectress from Goddess to Saint

Pamela C. Berger - 1988 - 200 pages
...way?' to which they were to answer, 'When we were sowing this barley.' She then remounted her horse, and bidding them prepare their sickles, for in the...time of the sowing of that barley, and they went away baffled."85 with the protection of seed and with the power over birds and insects already suggested...
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