According to some people the fires of St. Peter, like those of St. John, were lighted in order to drive away dragons.
This practice originated in the processions formerly made on that day by the peasants with lighted torches of straw, to drive away, as they called it, the bad air from the earth.
Sometimes the purpose of the fires is to drive away dragons (above, pp.
Some people think that they will have as many chickens as there are sparks that fly out of the brands of the log when they shake them; and others place the extinct brands under the bed to drive away vermin.
One of the earliest of these appeared when Pope Alexander I, according to tradition, ordained that holy water should be kept in churches and bedchambers to drive away devils.
I only laid my staff across the fingers Of the pert varlet, when before my eyes, By order of the governor, he tried To drive away my handsome team of oxen.
Generally the males try to drive away or kill their rivals before they pair.
But the most pugnacious and the best armed males rarely or never depend for success solely on their power to drive away or kill their rivals, but have special means for charming the female.
At Port Stevens in New South Wales the medicine-men used to drive away rain by throwing fire-sticks into the air, while at the same time they puffed and shouted.
So among the Toradjas the rain-doctor, whose special business it is to drive away rain, takes care not to touch water before, during, or after the discharge of his professional duties.
The Sencis of Peru also shot burning arrows at the sun during an eclipse, but apparently they did this not so much to relight his lamp as to drive away a savage beast with which they supposed him to be struggling.
The sound of it must have been akin to that of our modern tambourine, and it served much the same purpose as the primitive drum, namely, to drive away Typhon or Set, the god of evil.
Dead kings were called "Osiris" when placed in their tombs, and sistri put with them in order to drive away Set.
As examples of charms worn by Bedar men in the Canarese country, the following may be cited:-- String tied round right arm with metal box attached to it, to drive away devils.
Horses made of clay, painted red and other colours, are set up in the fields to drive away demons, or as a thank-offering for recovery from sickness, or any piece of good luck.
Antelope horn, when powdered and burnt, is said to drive away mosquitoes, and keep scorpions away.
As distinctly as if it were yesterday, I recall what he said to me the next morning as he was about to drive away.
He began to turn his horse as if to drive away, but Theodora, who was always exceedingly hospitable, had gone out and now addressed our caller with greater cordiality.
Lucan includes the "gummy Larch" among the articles burned to drive away serpents.
In bygone times, Nettle and Milfoil carried about the person used to be believed to drive away fear, and to be a certain charm against malignant spirits.
The smoke of the leaves and wood was said to drive away serpents, "and all infection and corruption of the aire which bring the plague, or such-like contagious diseases.
But the most pugnacious and the best-armed males rarely or never depend for success solely on their power to drive away or kill their rivals, but have special means for charming the female.
Generally the males try with all their power to drive away or kill their rivals before they pair.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drive away" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
