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" In consequence of this well authenticated legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and boy in the Island (except those who have thrown off the trammels of superstition), devote the hours between sunrise and sunset, to the hope of extirpating the... "
History of the Isle of Man: With a Comparative View of the Past and Present ... - Page 371
by Hannah Ann Bullock - 1816 - 436 pages
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of ..., Volume 49

1817 - 422 pages
...by Dr. Jitycom. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. definitive sentence tbat she must ultimately perish by ahuman hand. In consequence of this well. authenticated legend;...devote the hours between sun-rise and sun-set, to the liope of exterminating the fairy, and wo be to the individual birds of this species, who shew themselves...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1824 - 984 pages
...succeeding New Year's Day, until she should perish by a human hand. In consequence of this legend, every man and boy in the island (except those who...off the trammels of superstition) devote the hours from the rising to the setting of the sun, on each returning anniversary, to the hope of extirpating...
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The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of the ...

John Seacome - 1821 - 556 pages
...destruction, which she only escaped at the moment of extreme hazard, by taking the form of a toren -, but though she evaded instant annihilation, a spell...woe be to the individual birds of this species, who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race: they are pursued, pelted, fired...
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An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the ..., Volume 2

Joseph Train - 1845 - 408 pages
...Newyear's-day, to reanimate the same form with the definitive sentence, that she must ultimately perish by human hand. In consequence of this well authenticated...woe be to the individual birds of this species, who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race ; they are pursued, pelted, fired...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 3

John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1849 - 520 pages
...definitive sentence, that she must ultimately perish by human hand. In consequence of this wellauthenticated legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and boy in the island (except those who have tbrown off the trammels of superstition) devote the hours between sunrise and sunset to the hope of...
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Kidd's Own Journal, Volume 5

1854 - 394 pages
...sentence, that she must ultimately perish by a human band. In consequence of this well-authenticated (! \, legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and...woe be to the individual birds of this species who show themselves on that fatal day 1 They are pursued, pelted, tired at, and destroyed, without mercy...
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr ..., Volume 3

John Brand - 1855 - 520 pages
...definitive sentence, that she must ultimately perish by human hand. In consequence of this wellauthenticated legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and...woe be to the individual birds of this species who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race ; they are pursued, pelted, fired...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 3

John Brand - 1872 - 524 pages
...definitive sentence, that she must ultimately perish by human hand. In consequence of this wellauthenticated legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and...woe be to the individual birds of this species who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race ; they are pursued, pelted, fired...
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The Folk-lore of the Isle of Man: Being an Account of Its Myths, Legends ...

Arthur William Moore - 1891 - 224 pages
...Year's Day, to reanimate the same form, with the definitive sentence, that she must ultimately nerish by a human hand. In consequence of this well authenticated...woe be to the individual birds of this species, who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race ; they are pursued, pelted, fired...
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British Popular Customs, Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and ...

Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1900 - 582 pages
...form with the definite sentence that she must ultimately perish by human hand. In consequence of this legend, on the specified anniversary, every man and...extirpating the fairy, and woe be to the individual birds of that species who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies of the race ; they are pursued,...
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