 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
 | 1878 - 296 páginas
...the first and second drawing ; if one person takes out the same name three times consecutively, it is looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards, as is shown in "Tarn Glen:" " Yestreen at the valentine's drawing My heart to my mouth gied a stem... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 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... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 páginas
...Valentine Day. The names of a j select numbers 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 Valent me. and is looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. Antiquiiates Vulgares,... | |
 | George Chapman - 1914 - 946 páginas
...Valentine's 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 ' — Brand, Popular Antiquities, vol. i, p. 47. Cf. also the device in The Ball, V, i, by which Honoria... | |
 | George Chapman - 1914 - 942 páginas
...Day. The names of a select numbes one sex are, by an equal number of the other, put into some ve=^• after that every one draws a name, which for the present is caIIed tt^ Valentine' — Brand, Popular Antiquities, vol. i, p. +7- Cf. also the in The Ball, V, i,... | |
 | William Cartwright - 1918 - 260 páginas
...the other put into some vessel, and after that everyone draws a name, which for the present is call'd their Valentine, and is looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterward." V. also Brand's and Hazlitt's Popular Antiquities. Page 67 NO PLATONIQUE LOVE. V. Note... | |
 | Lillian Eichler Watson - 1924 - 912 páginas
...Valentine's Day. The names of a select number of one sex are, with an equal number of the other, put into some vessel and after that every one draws a name which, for the present, is called his Valentine. Bourne, who wrote a long time ago, was among those who refused to believe in an actual... | |
 | 1925 - 634 páginas
...that the choosing of mates became reciprocal." All persons so chosen would be Valentines and it was looked upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards. Hone says of the "Feast of Fools," the Quirinalia, "They allowed this day to those who could not ascertain... | |
 | Leigh Eric Schmidt - 1995 - 384 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 look'd upon as a good Omen of their being Man and Wife afterwards."13 Though for his part Bourne... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 2007 - 517 páginas
...Valentine's Day. The names of a select number of one sex are, with 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. Va (Eg.) or Fa means to bear ; Ren is the name and to name ; Ten means to determine. Thus the day of... | |
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