Notes On the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England And the Borders
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' ' This good dame evidently agreed with the old rhymer, who said : 226 YEW AND HOLLY.
If your whipstick 's made of row'n, You may ride your nag through any town ; but, on the contrary Woe to the lad Without a rowan-tree gad !
A bunch of ash-keys is thought as efficacious as the rowan- stick. An incident mentioned to me by the Rev. George Ornsby may be introduced here: " The other day I cut down a moun- tain-ash (or wiggan-tree, asit is called here) in my carriage-road. The old man who gardens ...for me came a day or two after, and was strangely disconcerted on seeing what ' master ' had done in his absence; ' for, ' said he, ' wherever a wiggan-tree grows near a house, t' witches canna come. ' He was comforted, however, by finding, on closer investigation, that a sucker from the tree had escaped destruction. " Mr. Wilkie assures us, that, like the mountain-ash, the yew is a very upas tree to the witches, possibly because of its constant proximity to churches. They hate the holly, too, and with good reason: its name is but another form of the word holy, and its thorny foliage and blood-red berries are suggestive of the most sacred Christian associations.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
' ' This good dame evidently agreed with the old rhymer, who said : 226 YEW AND HOLLY.
If your whipstick 's made of row'n, You may ride your nag through any town ; but, on the contrary Woe to the lad Without a rowan-tree gad !
A bunch of ash-keys is thought as efficacious as the rowan- stick. An incident mentioned to me by the Rev. George Ornsby may be introduced here: " The other day I cut down a moun- tain-ash (or wiggan-tree, asit is called here) in my carriage-road. The old man who gardens ...for me came a day or two after, and was strangely disconcerted on seeing what ' master ' had done in his absence; ' for, ' said he, ' wherever a wiggan-tree grows near a house, t' witches canna come. ' He was comforted, however, by finding, on closer investigation, that a sucker from the tree had escaped destruction. " Mr. Wilkie assures us, that, like the mountain-ash, the yew is a very upas tree to the witches, possibly because of its constant proximity to churches. They hate the holly, too, and with good reason: its name is but another form of the word holy, and its thorny foliage and blood-red berries are suggestive of the most sacred Christian associations.
What to read after Notes On the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England And the Borders?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Henderson to read onlineMoreLess
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