 It is a thing very common to nail horseshoes on the thresholds of doors, which is to hinder the power of witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the west of London have the horseshoe on the threshold. It should be a horseshoe that one finds.  Wild Oats and Dead Leaves - Page 29by Albert Smith - 1860 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aubrey - Folklore - 1784 - 324 pages
...have lived a little longer, he had recovered. lit is a thing very comrnQn to :naU horfe- ' fhoes;on the thresholds• of doors: which is to ;hinder the power of witches that .enter into .the houfe. Mo'ft .jioiifes of :the Weft i end of -.London, havette feorfe-fhoe cn the threfhold. It Ihould... | |
 | 1824 - 984 pages
...are the inmates of a bouse or vessel so protected. Aubrey, in his Miscellanies, says, " It is a (hing very common to nail horse-shoes on the thresholds...to hinder the power of witches that enter into the bouse. Most houses of the West end of London, have the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be a... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1823 - 730 pages
...witch can injure the inmates of a house or vessel so protected. Aubrey, in his Miscellanies, says, " It is a thing very common to nail horseshoes on the...witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the West end of London have the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be a horse-shoe that onejinds,"... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...>n° practices respecting horse-shoes. Aubrey tells, that, in his time, "It is a thing very 951 954 common to nail horse-shoes on the thresholds of doors...witches that enter into the house. ¡Most houses of the west of London have the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be a horse-shoe that one finds. In the... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...Aubrey tell», that, in his tune, "It is »thing very • Fosbrole'» Encv. of Aniq. common to nnil horse-shoes on the thresholds of doors ; which is to hinder the power of witches that enter inlo the house. Most houses of the west of London have the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be... | |
 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1840 - 310 pages
...me, my dear Lady Monkton," said Louisa ; " but in spite of the evidence of my own eyes, for all the * Most houses of the west-end of London have the horseshoe on the threshold. — AUBREY. thought that you may despise me for my weakness, I do not think Charles Sandron so base... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...telli, that, in his time, "It is a thing very • Foibrnke'i Ency. of Antq. common to nail bone-shoes on the thresholds of doors ; which is to hinder the...witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the west of London hare the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be a horse-shoe that one finds. In the... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...hollow flint." Part II. canto iii. 1. 291. Aubrey tells us, in his " Miscellanies," p. 148, that " it is a thing very common to nail horse-shoes on the...Witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the west end of London have the horse-shoe on the threshold. It should be a horse-shoe that one finds.... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...Auhrey tells us. in his " M'scellanies," p. 118, that " it is a thing very common to nail home-shoes on the thresholds of doors: which is to hinder the...Witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the west end of London have the horse-shoe on the thresh- t old. It should he a horse-shoe that one finds.... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...away by dint Of sickle, horse-shoe, hollow flint." Aubrey tells us, in his Miscellanies, p. 148, that "it is a thing very common to nail horseshoes on the...witches that enter into the house. Most houses of the west end of London have the horseshoe on the tbreshold. It should be a horseshoe that one finds. In... | |
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