 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...thebody 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...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar stubb'cl and burnt it,'' when he was way-warden, regardless of * For a similar practice, see Plot's... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 514 pages
...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...hundred. As to that on the plestor, the late vicar stubbed and burnt it, when he was waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers, who... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 468 pages
...of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alire, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations...hundred. As to that on the plestor, the late vicar stubbed and burnt it, when he was waywarden, regardless of the remonstrances о the by-standers, who... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1829 - 364 pages
...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...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 - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...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..."The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the by-standers, who interceded in vain forits preservation,... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...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...Plestor, The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it, when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders, who interceded in vain for its preservation,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 396 pages
...bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no tloubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten....The late vicar stubb'd and burnt it,~ when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders, who interceded in vain for its preservation,... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...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...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, « The late vicar stnbb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders,... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...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...hundred. As to that on the Plestor, " The late vicar gtubb'd and burn'd it," when he was way-warden, regardless of the remonstrances of the bystanders,... | |
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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 forgotten. As the ceremonies necessary for such a consecration are... 
