 Day. The names of a select .number of one sex are by an equal number of the other put into some vessel ; and after that, every one draws a name, which for the present is called their valentine, and is looked upon as a good omen of their being man and...  Works of the Camden Society - Página 254de Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1850 - 308 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1835 - 466 páginas
...Valentine-day. The names of a select number of one sex are, by an equal number of the other, put into some vessel ; and, after that, every one draws a name,...for the present is called their Valentine, and is also looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards." The author of Bulgaria Hormaani,... | |
 | Sir Simonds D'Ewes - 1845 - 482 páginas
...Valentine's Eve is alluded to by several of our early dramatists. According to Bourne and Brand, " the names of a select number of one sex are, by an...good omen of their being man and wife afterwards." See Brand's Popular Antiquities, vol. ip 31. from a true and honest soule wholy : intreating also yoxir... | |
 | 1847 - 368 páginas
...before^Valentine Day. The names of a select number of one sex are by an equal, number of the other put into some vessel ; and after that every one draws a name,...looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterward. This sport appears to have been practised in the houses of the English gentry as early as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 páginas
...Valentine-day. The names of a select number of one, with an equal number of the other sex, are put into some vessel ; and, after that every one draws a name, which for the present is called their Valentime, and is looked upon as a good omen of being man and wife afterwards. Brand says, the custom... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 páginas
...Valentine Day. The names of a select number of one sex are, by an equal number of the other, put into some vessel ; and after that every one draws a name,...good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. He adds, there is a rural tradition, that on this day every bird chooses its mate, and concludes that... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 páginas
...pnt Into separate vessels, when each person drew one, which was called his or her valentine, and was looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. The custom is mentioned by Lydgate, in a Harleian manuscript, diited 1410, when it was practised in the home> of... | |
 | Suffolk Institute of Archaeology - 1859 - 514 páginas
...to is mentioned by several of the early dramatists, and the mode of drawing for valentines was this. The names of a select number of one sex are, by an...good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. Of the young man himself, Mr. Boswell declares that " his diligence and care of his studies " was equal... | |
 | Bury & West Suffolk Archæological Institute - 1859 - 526 páginas
...to is mentioned by several of the early dramatists, and the mode of drawing for valentines was this. The names of a select number of one sex are, by an...good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. Of the young man himself, Mr. Boswell declares that " his diligence and care of his studies " was equal... | |
 | 1876 - 904 páginas
...Valentine's Day. The namea of a select number of one sex are by an equal number of the other put into some vessel, and after that every one draws a name, which for the present is called their valentine. This sport was practised ia the houses of tho English gentry as early as the year 1476. "When a lady... | |
 | William Tegg - 1877 - 358 páginas
...Day. The names of a select number of one sex are, by an equal number of the other, put into the same vessel ; and after that, every one draws a name, which...good omen of their being man and wife afterwards." Wheatley says that St. Valentine was a man of most admirable parts, and so famous for his love and... | |
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