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... derived from the Roman Saturn- alia , when at its completion children drew lots with beans to see who would be king . In Lin- colnshire there is always a dance on Twelfth Day , called the " Cake Ball , " at which the old custom of ...
... derived from the Roman Saturn- alia , when at its completion children drew lots with beans to see who would be king . In Lin- colnshire there is always a dance on Twelfth Day , called the " Cake Ball , " at which the old custom of ...
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... derived from it . In Ireland , at all events , good antiquaries have said that the old name of Le Waleys , which appears in the Exchequer Records of Kerry in the reign of Edward I. and earlier , was derived from this Saxon word , and ...
... derived from it . In Ireland , at all events , good antiquaries have said that the old name of Le Waleys , which appears in the Exchequer Records of Kerry in the reign of Edward I. and earlier , was derived from this Saxon word , and ...
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... derive some advantage in prosecuting his studies and bustle of the town not being agreeable to him , he left Cambridge , and came to reside at Royston , Hertfordshire , where he opened a school , at the age of twenty - three years , and ...
... derive some advantage in prosecuting his studies and bustle of the town not being agreeable to him , he left Cambridge , and came to reside at Royston , Hertfordshire , where he opened a school , at the age of twenty - three years , and ...
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... derived from a custom of drinking healths ( " Was hæl " ) from house to house . There is an interesting notice of the custom in Machyn's Diary ( 1555-6 ) : " The xij even was at Henley a - pon Temes a mastores Lentall wedow mad a soper ...
... derived from a custom of drinking healths ( " Was hæl " ) from house to house . There is an interesting notice of the custom in Machyn's Diary ( 1555-6 ) : " The xij even was at Henley a - pon Temes a mastores Lentall wedow mad a soper ...
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... , and are consequently totally erroneous . People who quote from Mill's Logic should be careful to give some little evidence that they have derived profit from it , or , to use another 32 [ 5th S. XI . JAN . 11 , '79 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
... , and are consequently totally erroneous . People who quote from Mill's Logic should be careful to give some little evidence that they have derived profit from it , or , to use another 32 [ 5th S. XI . JAN . 11 , '79 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
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