 On the 24th of December, towards evening, all the servants in general have a holiday; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve o'clock; prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and...  Waverley novels. (Library ed.). - Page 177by sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853Full view - About this book
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 448 pages
...towards evening, all the servants have a holiday. They go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve...Prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and, having found one of these poor birds, they kill her and lay heron a bier with the utmost solemnity,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 690 pages
...all the servants in general have a holiday; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve...kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manks language, which they call her knell ; after which Christmas begins. There is not a barn unoccupied... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 1012 pages
...all the servants in general have a holiday ; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve...go to hunt the wren, and after having found one of th"se poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier with the utmost solemnity, bringing her to the... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 pages
...adopting this hypothesis, which is confirmed by probability, and many cogent, if not infallible proofs. being over, they go to hunt the wren ; and, after...kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manks language, which they call her knell ; after which, Christmas begins." A writer in the Gentleman's... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 886 pages
...all the servants in general have a holiday ; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve o'clock : prayers * Refer to the Ceremonies for Candlemas Day. t Herrick has another copy of Christmas Verses, To the... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 pages
...all night . but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve tr clock : prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren ; and,...utmost solemnity, bringing her to the parish church, an•l burying her with a whimsical kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manx language,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1912 - 926 pages
...; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which i* at twelve o'clock ; prayers being over, they go to...these poor birds, they kill her, and lay her on a bier willi the utmost solemnity, bringing her to the parish church, and burying her witli a whimsical kind... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 952 pages
...all the servants in general have a holiday; they go not to bed all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelve...kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manks language, which they call her knell; after which Christmas begins. There is not a barn unoccupied... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1924 - 440 pages
...all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelves a'clock ; prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and...kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manks language, which they call her knell : after which Christmas begins. There is not a barn unoccupied... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1924 - 438 pages
...all night, but ramble about till the bells ring in all the churches, which is at twelves a'clock ; prayers being over, they go to hunt the wren, and...kind of solemnity, singing dirges over her in the Manks language, which they call her knell : after which Christmas begins. There is not a barn unoccupied... | |
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