 | Mrs. B. Mīr Ḣasan ʻAlī - 1832 - 428 páginas
...propitious commencement to bring in the new year by "prayer and praises." When it is known that the Nou-Roze will occur by daylight, the ladies have a custom of...the actual accomplishment of their prediction. The Nou-Roze teems with friendly tokens between the two families of a bride and bridegroom elect, whose... | |
 | Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali - 1832 - 424 páginas
...propitious commencement to bring in the new year by "prayer and praises." When it is known that the Nou-Roze will occur by daylight, the ladies have a custom of...the actual accomplishment of their prediction. The Nou-Roze teems with friendly tokens between the two families of a bride and bridegroom elect, whose... | |
 | 1832 - 650 páginas
...the year shall commence by a fresh rose, which, being plucked from the stalk, is thrown into a bason of water, the eye downwards. They say this rose turns...that luminary passing into the sign Aries. I have of'en found them thus engaged ; but I never could say I witnessed the actual accomplishment of their... | |
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When it is known that the Nou-Roze will occur by daylight, the ladies have a custom of watching for the moment the year shall commence by a fresh rose, which being plucked from the stalk is thrown into a basin of water, the eye downwards. They say, this... 