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" ... anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever.... "
The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... - Page 214
by Gilbert White - 1854 - 416 pages
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The Table Book, Volume 2

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...
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The Table Book, Volume 2

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...
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The Natural History of Selborne

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,"...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ...

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...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 25

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...
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The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's ...

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,"...
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

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,"...
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A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea

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...
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The Rights of Animals: And Man's Obligation to Treat Them with Humanity

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,...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 22

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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