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" When any dieth certaine women singe a songe to the dead body, recyting the jorney that the partie deceased must goe ; and they are of beleife (such is their fondnesse) that once in their lives yt is good to give a... "
Instructions for Parish Priests - Page 92
by John Mirk - 1868 - 103 pages
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The Topographer and Genealogist, Volume 2

Nichols, John Gough - 1853 - 612 pages
...is closed, that he must be put out of the dores, and three tymes goe about the house for pennance. When any dieth, certaine women singe a songe to the dead body, recytinge the jorney that the partie deceased must goe ; y and they are of beleife (such is their fondnesse) that...
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The Archaeological Journal, Volume 5

1848 - 510 pages
...prevalent in the district, may be valuable to the student of our ancient manners and customs nance. When any dieth, certaine women singe a songe to the...that the partie deceased must goe ; and they are of belief (such is their fondnesse) that once in their lives yt is good to give a payer of newe shoes...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 18

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 806 pages
...they are of belief, such is their fondnesse, that once in their lives it is good to give a pair of new shoes to a poore man, forasmuch as after this life they are to pass barefoote through a great launde full of thornes and fur7en, except by the meryte of the almes...
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Yorkshire Legends and Traditions: As Told by Her Ancient ..., Volume 2

Rev. Thomas Parkinson - 1889 - 268 pages
...dieth, certaine women sing a song to the deade bodie, recyting the jorney that the partye deseased must goe ; and they are of beleife, (such is their fondnesse), that once in their lives it is good to give a pair of new shoes to a poore man, for-as-much as, after this life, they...
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County Folk-lore: no. 4. North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty

Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 504 pages
...his identity, well acquainted with North Yorkshire traditions. CGC, N. & Q., 6th S., vol. vi., 273. When any dieth certaine women singe a songe to the dead body, recyting the jorney that the partie deceased must goe ; and they are of beleife (such is their fondnesse)...
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Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning the North Riding of Yorkshire, York ...

Eliza Gutch - 1901 - 502 pages
...his identity, well acquainted with North Yorkshire traditions. CG C, N. & Q., 6th S., vol. vi., 273. When any dieth certaine women singe a songe to the dead body, recyting the jorney that the partie deceased must goe ; and they are of beleife (such is their fondnesse)...
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Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: 2d Ser. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle ...

Frank Sidgwick - 1904 - 272 pages
...Ritson's executor after his death. It is here given as re-transcribed from the manuscript (f. 461 verso). 'When any dieth, certaine women singe a songe to the...poore man ; forasmuch as after this life they are to pass barefoote through a greate launde full of thornes & furzen, excepte by the meryte of the Almes...
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