单词 | ash-riddling |
释义 | > as lemmasash-riddling ash-riddling n. the northern custom of riddling ashes on the hearth on St. Mark's Eve as a method of divination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire > by ashes tephromancy1652 ash-riddling1825 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Ass-riddlin, the riddling or sifting of the ashes on the hearth, on the eve of St. Mark. The superstitious notion is, that, should any of the family die within the year, the shoe will be impressed on the ashes. 1893 K. Simpson Jeanie o' Biggersdale 240 Ash-riddling is an old custom which I like to keep up. < as lemmas |
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