"Sitten" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sitten but a while, Certain, without leas-ing, There came two messengers out of the north, With letters to our King. And when they came before the King, They kneeled down upon their knee, And said: "Lord, your officers greet you well Of Carlisle in the ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various
... auf rechter Bahn, Sie war'n all' ausgeschritten; Ein Jeder ging nach seinem Wahn Und hielt verlor'ne Sitten. Es that ihm Keiner doch kein gut, Wie wohl gar viel betrog der Muth, Ihr Thun sollt' ...
— The Hymns of Martin Luther • Martin Luther
... eighty young women practice this buttock dance together for some eight hours a day, laying aside all clothing, and singing the while. The public are not admitted. The dance, which is a kind of imitation of coitus, has been described by Zache ("Sitten und Gebraeuche der Suaheli," Zeitschrift fuer Ethnologie, 1899, Heft 2-3, p. 72). The more accomplished dancers excite general admiration. During the latter part of this initiation various feats are imposed, to test the girl's skill and self-control. ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... of this charm is popular in Newfoundland. The inscribed paper, enclosed in a little bag, is hung around the neck of the afflicted person, from whom its contents are carefully concealed. "I've seed it written, a feller was sitten on a marvel stone, and our Lord came by; and he said to him, 'What's the matter with thee, my man?' And he replied, 'Got the toothache, Marster.' Then said our Lord, 'Follow Me, and thee shall have no ...
— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence
... Explorations dans l'Amerique du Sud (Paris, 1891), pp. 48 sq.; G. Kurze, "Sitten und Gebraeuche der Lengua-Indianer," Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Jena, xxiii. (1905) pp. 26 sq. The two accounts appear to be identical; but the former attributes the custom to the Chiriguanos, ...
— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer
... Aus Schwaben Sagen, Legenden, Aberglauben, Sitten, Rechtsbraeuche, Ortsneckereien, Lieder, Kinderreime Neue Sammlung von Anton Birlinger. 2 ...
— The Science of Fairy Tales - An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology • Edwin Sidney Hartland |
