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6 " mammet " ( in the sense of idol ) , Burns's a punishment for unchastity , it seems certain " mahound or " mahount , " and so forth . that there was a similar custom , with which The question of whether we should write that mentioned ...
6 " mammet " ( in the sense of idol ) , Burns's a punishment for unchastity , it seems certain " mahound or " mahount , " and so forth . that there was a similar custom , with which The question of whether we should write that mentioned ...
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The word seems to mean vigil , and I am told that in this part of Derbyshire they used to wake with the dying . " They still speak of " liche night " or " liche wake , " meaning the night when they watch in the house of death .
The word seems to mean vigil , and I am told that in this part of Derbyshire they used to wake with the dying . " They still speak of " liche night " or " liche wake , " meaning the night when they watch in the house of death .
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This ghastly story seems uncommonly like a variant upon the " Wild Darell tragedy , recorded by John Audley , and referred to in a note to ' Rokeby ' by Scott , as having occurred at Littlecote , in Wiltshire , about the beginning of ...
This ghastly story seems uncommonly like a variant upon the " Wild Darell tragedy , recorded by John Audley , and referred to in a note to ' Rokeby ' by Scott , as having occurred at Littlecote , in Wiltshire , about the beginning of ...
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