 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 978 pages
...of the 19th c., is thus described: "The young folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - Europe - 1891 - 478 pages
...festival is described as follows : " The young people of a hamlet meet in the moors on the first of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | Elford Higgens - Eretz Israel - 1893 - 98 pages
...be taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan or Beltein Day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in...the green sod of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground, of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire and dress a repast... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 912 pages
...the 19th c., is thus described: ' The youiig folks of a hamlet meet in the moors on the 1st of May. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They then kindle... | |
 | James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1900 - 522 pages
...the parish minister of the time : " Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan, or Bal-tein day, all the boys in a township or hamlet, meet in...green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground, of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire and dress a repast... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 808 pages
...taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan or /&/-/«"«• day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in...moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round ngure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to .-. la the whole company. They... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 886 pages
...taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Bellan or Bbl-iein-dzy, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round tigure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 366 pages
...taken notice of, while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Beltan, or Bal-tein-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors....green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such a circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a... | |
 | French language - 1906 - 766 pages
...Erklärung: In der Beschreibung eines Volksfestes beißt es: Tliey cut a table (besser wäre: a sort of table?) in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground, of such circumference as to hold the whole company (p. 255). Der Kreis also, in welchem... | |
 | George Henderson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1911 - 368 pages
...taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Bel-tan, or Bal-tein day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in...green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground, of such circumference as to 1 Golden Bough, i. 319-320. 2 Sinclair's Statistical Account,... | |
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Beltan or 2&/-&2#-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a... 
