 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1850 - 724 pages
...whole night with him till daybreak. " Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunne-set let it lumie. Which quencht, then lay it up agen, Till Christmas next returne. Part must be kept wherewith to tend The Christmas lug next yeare ; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend ( '.ni do no mischiefe there."... | |
 | Jabez Allies - 1852 - 544 pages
...Taunton, Somerset. t Herrick, in his account of Candlemas eve, speaking of the Christmas brand, says,— " Part must be kept wherewith to teend The Christmas log next yeare." (See Houe's " Every Day Book," Vol. i., p. 204.) SARN OR SERN HILLS, YARN HILLS, AND DARN HILLS. Within... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1853 - 430 pages
...IN MILK; A CHRISTMAS STORY OF THE SOUTH. CHAPTER I. Kindle the Christmas hrand, and then Till sunset let it burne; Which quencht, then lay it up agen Till...Christmas next returne: Part must be kept wherewith to tceud The Christmas log next yeare, And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischicfe there.—Herrick.... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1856 - 336 pages
...re-adorn the house. Thus times do shift; each thing his turne do's THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE DAY. KINDLE the Christmas brand, and then Till sunne-set...; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischiefe there. UPON CANDLEMASSE DAY. END now the white loafe and the pye, And let all sports with... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1859 - 660 pages
...turne do's hold; New things succeed as former things grow old. THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE DAY. KINDLE the Christmas brand, and then Till sunne-set...yeare; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischiefe there. UPON CANDLEMASSE DAY. HESPERIDES. SUKFEITS. BAD are all surfeits; bift physitians... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...CamlleiKas Eve. End now the white-loafe and the pye, And let all sports with Christmas dye. • • • Kindle the Christmas Brand, and then Till sunne-set...then lay it up agen. Till Christmas next returne. The Christmas Log next yeare, And where 'tis safely kept, the 6end Fart must be kept wherewith to teend... | |
 | 1866 - 338 pages
...Thus times do shift; each thing his turne do's 118 HESPERIDES. THE CEREMONIES FOB CANDLEMASSE DAY. Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunne-set...; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischiefe there. UPON CANDLEMASSE DAY. End now the white loafe and the pye, And let all sports with... | |
 | Nathan Boughton Warren - 1868 - 284 pages
...practice was, to — " Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunset let it burne ; Which quenched, then lay it up agen, Till Christmas next returne....wherewith to teend The Christmas log next yeare; And where it is safely kept, the fiend • Can do no mischief there." There are many other curious superstitions... | |
 | Nathan Boughton Warren - 1868 - 274 pages
...practice was, to — " Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunset let it burne ; Which quenched, then lay it up agen, Till Christmas next returne....be kept, wherewith to teend The Christmas log next ycare; And where it is safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischief there." There are many other curious... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1869 - 760 pages
...turne do's hold ; New things succeed, as former things grow old. THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE DAY. KINDLE the Christmas brand and then Till sunne-set,...; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend, Can do no mischiefe, there. UPON CANDLEMASSE DAY. END now the white-loafe, & the pye, And let all sports with... | |
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Kindle the Christmas Brand, and then Till sunne-set let it burne, Which quencht, then lay it up agen, Till Christmas next returne. Part must be kept, wherewith to teend The Christmas Log next yeare; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischicfe... 
