The Women of Turkey and Their Folk-lore: The Christian women. Introductory chapters on The ethnography of Turkey; and Folk-conceptions of nature, by J. S. Stuart-GlennieD. Nutt, 1890 - Ethnology |
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Alarodians Albanians ancient appear Archaian White Armenian Aryan Asia Minor beautiful believe betrothed bride bridegroom brothers Bulgares Bulgarian called Cappadocia ceremony Chaldean child Christ Christian church Circassians coloured conception of Nature Constantinople costume custom dance daughter death Dragon dress ethnological European eyes father feast festivals Folk-lore folk-poesy friends girls gold Greek Folk-songs Greek women hair hand holy husband king kiss klepht Kurds lady language lower Macedonia maiden marriage marry Moslem mother mountain neighbours Nereids observed Origin of Civilisation Osmanlis Ottoman peasant Pelasgian person Pindus popular present priest prince princess Roumanian round Saint Salonica Samodivas Semitic sister Slav Smyrna song spirit Stoïan story Tatar thee theory Thessaly thou Thrace Thrakian tion towns Transoxiana Turkish Turks Tylor vampire village Vlach wedding White Races wife woman Women of Turkey Yanko young
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Page lx - They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag ; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Page 69 - By wells and rills, in meadows green, We nightly dance our heyday guise; And to our fairy king and queen We chant our moonlight minstrelsies.
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