 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - 1911 - 332 pages
...brand and then Till sunset let it burne Which quencht,-then lay it up agen Till Christmas next return. Part must be kept wherewith to teend The Christmas...yeare, And where 'tis safely kept the fiend Can do no mischief there. Thus kept the house would be preserved from burning. An old superstition also forbids... | |
 | 1927 - 464 pages
...spending, On your psaltries play, That good luck may Come while the log is a teending." And again, "Kindle the Christmas brand, and then, Till sunneset...be kept, wherewith to teend The Christmas log next yeere; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischief there." Prior to the Revolution, and... | |
 | Elizabeth Lawrence - 1995 - 290 pages
...Candlemas, describes another custom: Kindle the Christmas Brand and then Till Sunne-set, let it bume; Which quencht, then lay it up agen. Till Christmas...yeare; And where 'tis safely kept, the Fiend, Can do no mischiefe (there). English snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis), called Candlemas bells, or Mary's tapers,... | |
 | Elizabeth Lawrence - 1995 - 290 pages
...Christmas greens. Herrick, who wrote four poems on the ceremonies of Candlemas, describes another custom: Kindle the Christmas Brand and then Till Sunne-set,...yeare; And where 'tis safely kept, the Fiend, Can do no mischiefe (there). English snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis), called Candlemas bells, or Mary's tapers,... | |
 | Elizabeth Lawrence - 1995 - 290 pages
...Christmas greens. Herrick, who wrote four poems on the ceremonies of Candlemas, describes another custom: Kindle the Christmas Brand and then Till Sunne-set,...yeare; And where 'tis safely kept, the Fiend, Can do no mischiefe (there). English snowdrops (GcUanthus nivalis), called Candlemas bells, or Mary's tapers,... | |
 | Edna Barth - 2000 - 100 pages
...the Yule log be entirely burned. As an old English ditty warned: Part must be kept wherewith to tende The Christmas log next yeare, And where ‘tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischiefe theere. In some vicinities only a person with freshly washed hands could touch the log. While... | |
 | Dorothy Morrison - 2000 - 220 pages
...THE YULETIDE SEASON YULE FIRE Kindle the Christmas Brand and then Till Sunneset let it burne; When quencht then lay it up agen, Till Christmas next returne. Part must be kept where with to tend The Christmas log next yeare; And weher ‘tis safely kept the Fiena¿ Can do no... | |
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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... 
