...This with the loudest bounce me sore amazed, That with a flame of brightest colour blazed. As blazed the Nut, so may thy passion grow ; For 'twas thy Nut that did so brightly glow." In Bohemia, on Christmas Eve, girls fix coloured wax lights in the shells of the first parcel of Nuts...

...this yellow frizzled hair, Aa like to Lubberkin's in curl and hue, As if upon his comely pate it grew. With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice, around, around, around — " writes Gay, in his "Shepherd's Week" (Pastoral iv.) ; and the same superstition prevails in Ireland,...

...this yellow frizzled hair, As like to Lubberkin's in curl and hue, As if upon his comely pate it grew. With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice, around, around, around — " writes Gay. in his " Shepherd's Week" (Pastoral iv.) ; and the same superstition prevails. in...

...wiederzugewinnen. „Spells will I try and Spells shall ease my Care." Jede Strophe schliesst mit dem Refrain: „With my sharp Heel I three times mark the Ground And turn me thrice around, around, around." Einige Strophen sind bemerkenswert, z. B.: „As Lubberkin once slept beneath a tree, I twitch'd his...

...word With me. Eftsoons I join'd it with my wonted sleight, So may again his love with mine unite ! So With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, arountl, around. This lady-fly I take from off the grass, Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass....

...Lubberkin repairs, These golden flies into his mug I '11 throw, And soon the swain with fervent love shall glow. ' With my sharp heel I three times mark the...ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around.' " But hold — our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears, O'er yonder stile see Lubberkin appears. He...

...This with the loudest bounce me sore amazed, That in a flame of brightest color blazed ; As blazed the nut, so may thy passion grow, For 'twas thy nut that did so brightly glow ! Next to nuts in importance come apples. Endless are the methods of extracting from these fruit either...

...yellow frizzled hair, As like to Lubbei kin's in curl and hue, As if upon his comely pale it grew. With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, aruund, around." A modern superstition is connected with hearing the cuckoo for the first time; the...

...names apples and throws them into the fire; and, while performing these rites, she sings a refrain: With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground And turn me thrice around, around, around. She is more fortunate than Theocritus' forsaken maiden : Lub1x?rkin returns. Friday: or The Dirge is...

...This with the loudest bounce me sore amaz«i, That in aflame of brightest colour blazed ; As blcned the nut, so may thy passion grow, For 'twas thy Nut that did so brightly glow ! " Gay describes some other rustic methods of divination on this head with equal success ; thus with...