 At the village of Holne, situated on one of the Spurs of Dartmoor, is a field of about two acres, the property of the parish, and called the Ploy (Play) Field. In the centre of this stands a granite pillar (Menhir) six or seven feet high. On May morning,...  Folklore - Page 21redigeeritud poolt - 1891Full view - About this book
 | George Laurence Gomme - 1892 - 236 lehte
...and permits the restoration of the lost elements, and the consequent carrying back of the genealogy. At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...property of the parish, and called the Ploy Field. In the center of this field stands a granite pillar (Menhir) six or seven feet high. On May morning, before... | |
 | Elford Higgens - 1893 - 98 lehte
...is said to be as a sacrifice for water. — ' Ethnology in Folklore,' chap. ii. 46. At Holne, near Dartmoor, is a field of about two acres, the property...granite pillar (menhir) six or seven feet high. On May morning, before daybreak, the young men of the village used to assemble there, and then proceed... | |
 | 1893 - 248 lehte
...and permits the restoration of the lost elements, and the consequent carrying back of the genealogy. At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs of Dartmore, is a field of about two acres, the property of the parish, and called the Ploy Field. In... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1896 - 898 lehte
...same source, is — or was a few years since — annually observed in the wild parts of Devonshire. At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...is a field of about two acres, the property of the pariah, and called the Ploy (Play) Field. In the centre of this stands a granite pillar (menhir), six... | |
 | Bertram Coghill Alan Windle, Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle - 1897 - 272 lehte
...a stone, which looks like the degenerated remains of a real act of sacrifice offered to a menhir. " At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...centre of this field stands a granite pillar (menhir) 6 ft. or 7 ft. high. On May morning, before daybreak, the young men of the village used to assemble... | |
 | 1897 - 912 lehte
...Beltane. An ' Old Holne Curate,' writing to Note* and Queries in 1858, says: ' At the village of Home, situated on one of the spurs of Dartmoor, Is a field...acres, the property of the parish, and called the Ploy (play) Field. In the centre of this stands a granite pillar (Menhir) 6 or 7 feet high. On May morning,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 982 lehte
...similar to the Celtic beltane. An "Old Holne Curate," writing to Note» and Queries in 1853, says; " At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...acres, the property of the parish, and called the plov (play) field. In the center of this stands a granite pillar (Menhir) 6 or 7 ft. high. On May morning,... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1900 - 582 lehte
...their complexions improved by the process.— Jour, of Arch. Assoc., 1852, voL vii. p. 20G. DEVONSHIRE. At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...acres, the property of the parish, and called the Ploy (play) Field. In the centre of this stands a granite pillar (Menhir) six or seven feet high. On May-morning... | |
 | 1900 - 654 lehte
...exist traces also of the observance among them on that day of rites similar to the Celtic Beltein. "At the village of Holne, situated on one of the spurs...acres, the property of the parish, and called the Ploy (play) Field. In the centre of this stands a granite pillar six or seven feet high. On May morning,... | |
 | Jesse Walter Fewkes - 1913 - 632 lehte
...once attached to them persists in folk practices. At the village of Holme situated on one of the moors of Dartmoor is a field of about two acres, the property of the parish and called Plog Field. In the center of this field stands a granite pillar (menhir) 6 feet or 7 feet high. On... | |
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