 | William Hone - 1828 - 468 стор.
...at hand ; whicb, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :—Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored...auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alire, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten. As the ceremonies... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 стор.
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:-]- — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for * They were supposed, also, to be particularly injurious to horses. " When a horse in the fields happened... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 396 стор.
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with...shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no tloubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such... | |
 | 1835 - 466 стор.
...hand, which, when ouce medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :— Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...consecration are no longer understood, all succession is at end, and no such tree is known to subsist in the manor or hundred." This shrew-ash, according to a... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 стор.
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A Shrew-ash was made thus : — into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted Shrew Mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt with several quaint incantations long since... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 стор.
...said to be caused by the creeping of a shrew mouse on a horse, cow, or sheep, and it was made thus : " Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an augur, and a poor devoted It seems but fair to admit that if some animals are made to suffer as enemies,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1840 - 400 стор.
...hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with an anger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint... | |
 | 1842 - 524 стор.
...at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus: into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Pleslor — " The 1 HP iic.ir itubb'd and burnt it," when he was way- warden, regardless of the remonstrance... | |
 | 1842 - 526 стор.
...at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus: into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...subsist in the manor or hundred. As to that on the Pleslor — " The late vloar stubb'd and burnt it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrance... | |
 | 1842 - 538 стор.
...hand, which, •when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. Л shrew-aih was made thus : into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with...several quaint incantations long since forgotten. A« the ceremonies necessary for such a consecration are no longer understood, all succession is at... | |
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... afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident fore-fathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain... 
