The custom of burying or hiding butter in bogs is probably of very ancient origin, but, like many old customs, was carried down in Ireland to a very late period.
The custom is thus described in the Irish Hudibras:-- “Butter to eat with their hog Was seven years buried in bog.
It is clear that chess is a game of great antiquity, “Age cannot wither it, nor custom stale Its infinite variety.
The custom of the city was that the meshes of the nets should be two inches wide at least, so that small fish could pass through.
The same duties were carried out at another time by a Court of Scavagers, who apparently were originally Custom House officers.
When he settled to his duties at theCustom House he went backwards and forwards to Aldgate.
At the present day there is a survival of this custom in the tea trade and some others, for the importer gives a precisely similar 'draft' to the dealer, viz.
As was the custom of the early artists, a succession of incidents in the life of the prisoner are depicted in the same drawing.
During the nineteenth century it was the custom to belittle the Mayor and Corporation, and Lord Macaulay in his history ignores the considerable influence of the city in securing the succession of his hero William III.
The choristers ascended the spire to a great height on certain saints' days, and chanted prayers and anthems, a custom still observed in the tower of Magdalen College, Oxford, on May Day.
Yarmouth was forced to pay double custom at the quay.
Some reason for this diversity of custom must exist if we could only find it out.
The last observance of the custom at St. Paul's is said to have taken place in the reign of Mary I.
Mr. Quest had a very good dinner, and contrary to his custom drank the best part of a bottle of old port after it.
At this Rob demurred, for he had already seen proof of the custom of the native trappers, who nearly always skin out their game at the fireside of the barabbara, and who are very careless where they leave the carcasses.
It is always the custom in a wild country for any one who is lost and in need to take food when he finds it, and to use a camp as though it were his own.
It might be an honoured custom in Nether-Applewhite for the carrier to walk out with the Vicarage parlourmaid.
At the same time, the man brought custom to the tavern.
Moreover, they knew the maid was dead; preparations for the funeral, which custom required should follow death as speedily as possible, were already in progress.
Hebrews adopted the custom of wearing phylacteries, which consisted essentially of strips of parchment on which were inscribed in whole or in part the following texts: Exo.
Jesus may possibly have had regard for what had become a custom of the time, in waiting until He had attained that age before entering publicly on the labors of a Teacher among the people.
The numerous washings required by Jewish custom in the time of Christ were admittedly incident to rabbinism and "the tradition of the elders" and not in compliance with the Mosaic law.
The story implies that invitations had been given sufficiently early to the chosen and prospective guests; then on the day of the feast a messenger was sent to notify them again, as was the custom of the time.
It was the custom to station soldiers to watch the cross, so as to prevent the removal of the sufferer while yet alive.
On this occasion Jesus tarried but a few days at Capernaum; for the time of the annual Passover was near, and in compliance with Jewish law and custom He went up to Jerusalem.
The serf to custom points his finger at the slave to fashion--as if it signified whether it is an old or a new thing which is irrationally conformed to.
Custom soon melts off the wings which Novelty alone has lent to Benevolence.
But economical considerations again, in quite recent years, threatened the old custom on the same grounds, when, about 1895, it was proposed to discontinue the ringing and to save the money for more practical purposes.
There, too, the custom has recently been introduced of going in procession, with cross and vestments, to bless the fishing-nets.
I think you are becoming childish," cried Pigavetta impatiently, "since when has it become the custom of the society for the novices to watch over the initiated.
That depends on the custom of the country," rejoined Sylvanus in measured tones.
This was a catholic custom and it was well for them that none of the gentlemen forming the Church Council saw them otherwise they would have been dismissed from the service.
It is the custom on occasions of this kind to build a fire on the shore as a beacon of hope to encourage the shipwrecked, and although there was believed to be nobody on the vessel, this would nevertheless have been done, if possible.
This is the custom and the law, and it becomes the more necessary to enforce it, in the present situation of things.
It is not his custom to leave me so long by night, even when the battle continues.
It is also the custom to ship pikes with their iron heads from Nueva España to the said Filipinas Islands.
To such person the most ample commission must be given, and he shall proceed as is the custom in war against criminals; for in any other way, were opportunity given for appeals and suits, he would accomplish no good.
I have found introduced here the custom that retired officers, upon finding themselves without office, even though it be that of sergeant, will not serve in the regular companies.
It is also the custom to give fish freely on Friday, at the cost of the village, to the alcaldes-mayor and also to the religious.
In that there occur the typical passages:-- "Custom doth so blear us that we cannot distinguish the usage of things.
They naturally supposed, that what was the customwith them, founded upon sufficient reasons, at once of fear and superstition, must be the custom with the white men also.
It was the custom of the Indian tribes, after the gathering and storing away of their harvests, to commence hunting with the first fall of the leaves, probably about the middle of September.
It was not the custom for a chief desiring a wife, that he should seek her in person.
We set out thus for the country of the enemy, the lord of Calos leading the way upon the march, as is the custom with the Indians, while the foe is yet at a distance from the spot.
But when the Romans came to honour, as truly as any others, the teachings of the Christians, they gave up the custom of opening these doors, even when they were at war.
You, however, act as though you were playing at dice, and want to risk all on a single cast; but it is not my custom to choose the short course in preference to the advantageous one.
And yet in our case the outcome is that we suffer no slight disadvantage, in that we do not, in accordance with the custom of war, enjoy our share of the spoils.
Shakespeare was only conforming to the general custom in this matter in betraying no interest in work which did not belong to him.
Its state of squalor and abandonment to cynical disorder makes one feel how fitting for Italians would be the custom of cremation.
That quaint traveller Tom Coryat, in his so-called 'Crudities,' notes the custom early in the seventeenth century.
It was a not unfrequent custom for young men of ability to study at the Italian universities, or at least to undertake a journey to the principal Italian cities.
It was the gentle custom of Venice at that time that, when a ship arrived from sea, the friends of those on board at once came out to welcome them, and take and give the news.
For you must know that, except on festivals of the Church, the custom of Venice required that gentlewomen should remain closely shut within the private apartments of their dwellings.
For it is the custom here on New Year's night to greet acquaintances, and ask for hospitality, and no one may deny these self-invited guests.
And as that custom then obtained, it still subsists with little alteration.
We do not know how far the Stoic school, which was so strong in Rome, and had so many points of contact with the Christians, may have connected its own theories of equality with this old custom of the Saturnalia.
And did we think the custom of the wedding un bel costume?
The custom of the Elizabethan theatre obliged this double authorship; yet it must be confessed that Shakspere's comedies are not such comedies as Greek or Romnan or French critics would admit.
Massa call," he said, raising his hand to his battered cap after the custom of the seamen.
The loss of the enemy was very great, though the actual number could not be ascertained, owing to their custom of removing the bodies wherever possible.
It has been supposed to have been a foreign custom but I do not find any traces of it upon record.
Footnote 1: [The custom was observed at a much earlier period; for we find that King Edward II.
Footnote 3: [This custom is observed in many of the London churches.
Can you inform me why this is done at Richmond Church; and whether the custom is adopted in any other?
It is an old custom to cut a slice of bread into slips, naming them for members of the family or friends, but it is a procedure which seems to fascinate most little ones and make the bread more palatable.
They have been singularly conservative in their habits, and, owing to a strict custom of intermarriages, there are only a few names to be found in this colony of fisher folk, who have to resort to nicknames for identification.
I received your letter, your sweet, sweet letter, my sweetest wife, on reaching the Custom House.
Thy husband writes thee nonsense, as his custom is.
Was such a rhapsody as the foregoing ever written in the Custom House before?
There has been nothing to do at the Custom House today; so I came home at two o'clock, and--went to sleep!
Thence he will proceed to theCustom House, and finding that there is no call for him on the wharves, he will sit down by the Measurers' fire, and read the Morning Post.
No letter, my dearest; and if one comes tomorrow I shall not receive it till Friday, nor perhaps then; because I have a cargo of coal to measure in East Cambridge, and cannot go to the Custom House till the job is finished.
Writing of a novel by a lady who was the author of many unpublished stories, all marked by perseverance rather than talent, he said, "Age cannot wither nor custom stale her infinite lack of variety.
It was Mr. Stockton's custom to take a trolley as far as the Brooklyn bridge, and thence it was a pleasant walk to the office on Park Row.
This custom prevails throughout all their tribes, and causes a great spirit of emulation among their youth, who are upon all occasions, from their childhood, trying their strength and skill in wrestling.
I was, indeed, disposed to suspect that, as it was their custom to burn the dead, they intended to relieve the poor man from his pain, and perform the last sad duty of surviving affection.
It has ever been thecustom among those people for the men to wrestle for any woman to whom they are attached; and of course the strongest party always carries off the prize.
In this warfare many of them have been killed, and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
He excused the custom by saying that amongst all Amerindian nations there existed this practice of making a war feast from out of the bodies of the slain after a successful battle.
Perhaps they merely shaved the beard for greater cleanliness, like the priests of the Egyptians and possibly it was a custom only obligatory on the upper grades of the priesthood.
We cannot positively say that they invented the crest; but they certainly dealt with it in the free spirit which is usually seen where a custom is of home growth and not a foreign importation.
It was certainly usual to remove the images in a reverential manner; and it was the custom to deposit them in some of the principal temples of Assyria.
An evening-happiness bath ought to be the custom in every home.
He referred to the ancient custom of binding a murderer face to face with the dead body of his victim, until suffocated by its stench and dissolution.
It takes courage to refuse to follow custom when it is injurious to his health and morals.
Walking upon the quarter-deck of a vessel, though at first intolerably confining, becomes by custom so agreeable to a sailor that on shore he often hems himself within the same bounds.
Custom or fashion, or your doctor or minister, dictates, and they in turn dare not depart from their schools.
According to an old custom a Cape Cod minister was called upon in April to make a prayer over a piece of land.
He said she added greatly to the beauty of the landscape along the railroads on which she traveled, by her custom of scattering flower seeds along the track as she rode.
She thought it the last touch of cruelty to fight what couldn't fight back, and she determined to have the barbarous custom stopped.
