A cake of wax or dough stamped with the figure of a lamb supporting the banner of the Cross, and distributed by the Pope on the Sunday after Easter as an amulet. Our Lord is called Agnus…
Day 1549 Day 1551 Clark, July 19, 1806 Saturday 19th July 1806. I rose early and dressed Gibsons wound. he Slept but very little last night and complains of great pain in his Knee and hip…
Day 1557 Day 1559 Clark, July 26, 1806 Saturday 26th July 1806. Set out this morning very early proceeded on Passed Creeks very well. the Current of the river reagulilarly Swift much…
The collar consists of a series of the letter S in gold, either linked together or set in close order, on a blue and white ribbon. (See Collar Of S.S.) “On the Wednesday preceding Easter,…
is Celtic for a bush. The county of Perth is the county of bushes. Fair Maid of Perth. Catherine Glover, daughter of Simon Glover, glover, of Perth. Her lover is Henry Gow, alias Henry…
The lawful season for venery, which began at Midsummer and lasted to Holyrood Day. The fox and wolf might be hunted from the Nativity to the Annunciation; the roebuck from Easter to…
Carrier's republican marriages. A device of wholesale slaughter, adopted by Carrier, proconsul of Nantes, in the first French Revolution. It consisted in tying men and women together by…
(SS.). Nostradamus wrote in 1566: Quand Georges Dieu crucifera, Que Marc le ressucitera, Et que St. Jean le portera, La fin du monde arrivera. In 1886 St. George's day fell on Good Friday…
Day 726 Day 728 Clark, June 18, 1805 June 18th Tuesday 1805 we Set out early and arrived at the second great Cataract at about 200 yds above the last of 19 feet pitch- this is one of the…
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