...cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour s birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then,...dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no pbaeti strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm. So hallow'd and so gracious is the time....

...truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock. (28) Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 1623> 3S. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad;...

...dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : •~ Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The...

...Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, J623< 3SThe bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad; * ^ *J?*The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, 162", 32. No fairy (a9)...

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...that bread baked on this eve, will not become mouldy. Can Shakspeare be too hacknied to quote? " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights...

...the truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock2. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Bourne of Newcastle, in his Antiquities of the Common People, informs us, " It is a received tradition...

...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : Some say that ever "gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The...

...truth herein This present object made probation f. Afar* It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares*stir abroad; The nights...

...insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. ' It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say,' that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes*; no witch hath power to charm; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.'...