Every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding tongue, having a rugged coat on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in her hand, and a dog or cat by her side, is... Witch Stories - Page 165by Elizabeth Lynn Linton - 1861 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 pages
...from such creations as these to the common parish witch, an old woman "with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding tongue, havinga rugged coat on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in her hand, and a dog or cat by... | |
| 1822 - 384 pages
...from such creations as these to the common parish witch, an old woman "with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, orascoldingtongue.havinga rugged coat on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in her hand,... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...boy-hooted, without being a whit the better for it; she may be blessed with " a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, a scolding tongue, a ragged coat on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in her hand, and a... | |
| William Martin - 1874 - 352 pages
...thus described by an old writer : — " An old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding tongue, having a ragged coat on her back, a spindle in her hand, and a dog by her side — a wretched, infirm, and impotent... | |
| John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...Lond. 1646. observes, p. 4, " In every place and parish, every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, a scolding tongue, having a rugged coate on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in ber hand,... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1849 - 520 pages
...Witchcrafts, 1640, observes, p. 4: "In everyplace and parish, every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, a scolding tongue, having a nigged coate on her back, a skullcap on her head, a spindle in her hand,... | |
| William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pages
...¿ш atile observer : — " .An old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobbcr tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding tongue, having a ragged cojt on her back, a spindle in her hand, and a dog by her side — a wretched, infirm, and impotent... | |
| John Stetson Barry - 1856 - 538 pages
...can already beleeve that there is no devill, will ere long beleeve that there is no God."avHence " every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furr'd brow,...hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voyce, or a scolding tongue, having a rugged coate on her back, a skull cap on her head, a spindle... | |
| John Brand - 1855 - 520 pages
...brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, a scolding tongue, having a rugged coate on her back, a skullcap on her head, a spindle in her hand, a dog or cat by her side, is not only suspected but pronounced for a witch. . . . • Henry, in his... | |
| John Stetson Barry - 1856 - 542 pages
...can already beleeve that there is no devill, will ere long beleeve that there is no God." 2 Hence " every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furr'd brow, a hairy lip, a gobbcr tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voyce, or a scolding tongue, having a rugged coate on her back,... | |
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