 The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who has also some horse-bells about him ; the rest of the fellows are blinded, and have boughs in their hands, with which they chase this fellow and his hen about some large court or small enclosure. The fellow with...  The Literary panorama - Page 7311818Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Tusser - Agriculture - 1878 - 398 pages
...England, ii. 894. 90. 3. " Shroftide." The Hen is hung at a Fellow's back who has also some Horse Bells about him, the rest of the Fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his Hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favour" dly... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - Agriculture - 1878 - 400 pages
...England, ii. 894. 90. 3. " Shroftide." The Hen is hung at a Fellow's back who has also some Horse Bells about him, the rest of the Fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his Hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favour'dly... | |
 | thomas tusser - 1878 - 392 pages
...England, ii. 894. 90. 3. " Shroftide." The Hen is hung at a Fellow's back who has also some Horse Bells about him, the rest of the Fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his Hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favour'dly... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1888 - 876 pages
...annexes an account of the custom. " The hen is bung at a fellow's back, who has also same horse bells about him, the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen, other times, a he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favour'dly;... | |
 | G. F. Northall - Folk songs, English - 1892 - 590 pages
...taken from Tusser Redivius, 17 10. " The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who also has some horse-bells about him ; the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen ; other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another wellfavouredly... | |
 | Folk-songs, English - 1892 - 588 pages
...their hands, with which they chase t! s fellow and his hen about some large -ourt or small enclosi::o. The fellow with his hen and bells shifting as well as he can, they foll<'H the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen ; other times, if hr can get behind one of them,... | |
 | Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - Folklore - 1893 - 226 pages
...annexes an account of the custom. " The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who has also some horse-bells about him ; the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favour'dly... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Folklore - 1900 - 582 pages
...is curious. " The hen," says the writer, " is hung at a fellow's back, who also has some horsebells about him, the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen ; other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favouredly... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 808 pages
...killed her he got her for his pains. The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who hns also some horse-bells about him ; the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his Hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favou redly... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 360 pages
...p. 80, are explained in a note: "The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who has also some horse-bells about him, the rest of the fellows are blinded, and...can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen ; other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well favouredly... | |
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