 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 542 pages
...perfectly blach. They put all . the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, May Day. draw8 Out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled...Robertson in a note traces the origin of this and other superstittons from our ancient Druidism. " Bal Tein signifies the fire of Baal ; baul or ball is the... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...sacrifices having been once offered in this country as sell as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed." (The other custom, supposed to have a similar mystical allusion, will be found under ALLII ALLOW EVEN.)... | |
 | William Bell - 1852 - 348 pages
...rites ; and these again may have been, as Jamieson supposed, " but the substitutes of human victims ;" although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...only compel the devoted person to leap three times round the fire. CHAPTER IV. 1 Ztvs i)v, Ztve tan, Zivf taairut, o yUEyaXoc Ztvg." PH<EMONE. " Ehe die... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 576 pages
...sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted...flames ; with which the ceremonies of this festival I are closed." (The other custom, supposed to have a similar / mystical allusion, will be found under... | |
 | Jonathan Forbes Leslie - 1866 - 364 pages
...beast. There is little doubt of human sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...flames, with which the ceremonies of this festival are concluded." Pennant, in his Tour in Scotland, ff.ves an account of a different form of sacrifice practised... | |
 | Forbes Leslie - 1866 - 374 pages
...beast. There is little doubt of human sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...the devoted person to leap three times through the names, with which the ceremonies of this festival are concluded." I'enuant.in his Tour in Scotland,gives... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1906 - 1046 pages
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...times through the flames; with which the ceremonies of the festival are closed." I may conclude this article by referring to similar practices in Brittany,... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878 - 542 pages
...once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrifice, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames, with which act the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' While it is clear that some of these rites are peculiarly... | |
 | 1878 - 588 pages
...once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrifice, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames, with which act the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' While it is clear that some of these rites are peculiarly... | |
 | 1879 - 398 pages
...sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted...through the flames ; with which the ceremonies of the festival are closed. Beltane signifies the fire of Baal; Baal, or Ball, is the only word in Gaelic... | |
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Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal* whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once... 
