| William Hone - 1828 - 514 pages
...hand ; which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus : — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the plestor, the late vicar stubbed and burnt it, when... | |
| William Hone - 1828 - 468 pages
...at hand ; whicb, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :—Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored...auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alire, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies... | |
| Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue forever. A shrew-ash was made thus :* — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, "The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it,"... | |
| Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pages
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it, when... | |
| 1835 - 466 pages
...hand, which, when ouce medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :— Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...consecration are no longer understood, all succession is at end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred." This shrew-ash, according to a... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus*: — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar gtubb'd and burn'd it,"... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus2: — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Plestor, « The late vicar stnbb'd and burn'd it,"... | |
| Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 pages
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A Shrew-ash was made thus : — into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted Shrew Mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt with several quaint incantations long since... | |
| William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 pages
...said to be caused by the creeping of a shrew mouse on a horse, cow, or sheep, and it was made thus : " Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an augur, and a poor devoted It seems but fair to admit that if some animals are made to suffer as enemies,... | |
| 1842 - 524 pages
...at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus: into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...succession is at an end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Pleslor — " The 1 HP iic.ir itubb'd and burnt... | |
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