 | George Laurence Gomme - 1908 - 482 pagina’s
...old English " countrie story " of " the holy mawle, which (they fancy) hung behind the church dore, which, when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father in the head, as effcete, & of no more use."4 That Aubrey preserved a true tradition is proved... | |
 | 1911 - 688 pagina’s
...Islands. John Aubrey writes : — " The Holy-mawle, w11 (they fancy) hung behind the Church dore, W11 when the father was seaventie the sonne might fetch, to knock his father in the head, as effcete, and of no more use." — ' Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme,' Folk-lore... | |
 | Courtenay Frederic William Dunn - 1920 - 336 pagina’s
...remote times, according to Aubrey, " the holy mawle, which (they fancy) hung behind the church dore, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father on the head as effete, and of no more use." "Young Willie, auld Willie, Willie amang the bairns... | |
 | Arthur Bernard Cook - 1925 - 982 pagina’s
...p. 19: 'An old Countrie Story '...'The Holy-mawle, wch (they fancy) hung behind the Church dore, wch when the father was seaventie the sonne might fetch, to knock his father in the head, as effoete, & of no more use.' Cp. ib. p. 127). Sir GL Gomme analyses a Gaelic... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 866 pagina’s
...an old English 'countrie story' of 'the holy mawle which (they fancy) hung behind the church dore, which, when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock his father on the head as effete and of no more use. . . . Sir Percival, in his adventures in quest of... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1999 - 550 pagina’s
...obvious regret that he looked back upon the golden past, when the Holy-mawle hung behind the Church dore, which when the father was seaventie the sonne might fetch to knock his father in the head, as effoete, &* of no more use. This sad life I did lead in the country till 1 646,... | |
 | 1008 pagina’s
...19: 'An old Countrie Story '...'The Holy-mawle, wch (they fancy) hung behind the Church dore, wcl1 when the father was seaventie the sonne might fetch, to knock his father in the head, as effœte, & of no more use.' Cp. ¿6. p. 127). Sir GL Gomme analyses a Gaelic... | |
 | Arthur Bernard Cook - 1914 - 1168 pagina’s
...bibliography) to 'The Holy-mawle' described by Aubrey, ' wch (they fancy) hung behind the Church dore, wch when the father was seaventie the sonne might fetch, to knock his father in the head, as effoete, & of no more use" (sufra ii. 703 n. i). 1 M. Bieber Die Denkmäler... | |
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The holy mawle, which they fancy hung behind the churchdoor, which when the father was seaventie, the sonne might fetch to knock bis feather in the head, as effete and of no more use. 
