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In the olden days design of a square rigger, sailors would have to climb the rigging and walk out on " footropes " under the yard to furl and unfurl the sails.
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It recalls to mind the quest of olden times for the fountain of youth, a quest heavily invested in, during the days of wooden ships.
In the olden days, among the nobility, each course of a full-course Japanese meal would be brought on serving trays called, which were originally platformed trays or small dining tables.
A neighbouring Roman road with a ford used in olden days by the abbots of Melrose suggested the name of Abbotsford.
In the olden days, the Veddhas used to preserve such meat in the hollow of a tree, enclosing it with clay.
There are daily sacrifices on his altars, as the sacrifices were offered every day in the olden days.
* " When Aunt Agatha wants you to do a thing you do it, or else you find yourself wondering why those fellows in the olden days made such a fuss when they had trouble with the Spanish Inquisition.
In olden days emperor Ming saw in a dream a god whose body had the brilliance of the sun and who flew before his palace ; and he rejoiced exceedingly at this.
* Interview with Newton Burgoland, Leicestershire, resident about the down side of working at a Stilton cheese factory in the olden days.
“ In olden days Aspatria used to be a railway terminus, and some of us are old enough to remember that when the train pulled up from Maryport, the porter used to come to the door and shout Speytrie, un ’ git oot .”
As in olden days, Twelfth Night to Epiphany morning is then the traditional time to take down the Christmas tree and decorations.
In the olden days, when the idli mold cooking plates were not popular or widely available, the thick idli batter was poured on a cloth tightly tied on the mouth of a concave deep cooking pan or tava half filled with water.
The musical waves, the ethereal atmosphere, all make me feel as in the olden golden days when I was a boy and dreamed of Heaven ".
Decades later, she recalled, " He belonged to the olden days, and I have never met another German who has given me so strong an impression of what Imperial Germany was and stood for.
In the olden days, back when the main route from the northern part of Iceland to the south, lay across Arnarvatnsheiði, Húsafell would find itself to be an oasis of food and lodgings for weary travellers making their way across this country highway.
In olden days, this would make them virtually unusable ; modern unpaved roads can be used but are dangerously slippery.
When resident in Somerset, the family stayed in a rented home in Hatch Beauchamp: Mate, I say this with the utmost affection and respect, but it's like living in the olden days.
A barbarian lord informed him, in olden days, the barbarians would sacrifice 50 men and throw their heads into the river to appease the river spirit and allow them to cross ; Zhuge Liang, however, did not want to cause any more bloodshed, and instead killed the cows and horses the army brought along, and filled their meat into buns shaped roughly like human heads-round with a flat base-to be made and then thrown into the river.
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In the olden days guests would sit on a coir mat rolled out on the floor and a full course meal was served on a banana leaf.
In olden times, the meke was considered to be an oracle from the gods, and the Dau ni vucu, or composer, would often go into a trance before a performance.
Which is quite suitable, as it is not exactly what you would call an olden day farm, but the exact opposite, except for the good old windmill.
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Non-European cultures have used other by-products of making alcoholic beverages as leaveners, as in Ecuador: " In olden times when the sediment of chicha called concho was used as a ferment, we had good bread ; and now with better mills good quality bread has disappeared entirely.
Thane Creek was an important harbour in olden times, with the ports of Kopri and Kalyan served by it, though they have long been silted up.
In olden days, kolams used to be drawn in coarse rice flour, so that the ants don't have to walk that much for too long for a meal.
They have none of the inherited instincts and tendencies which made it comparatively easy to deal with the immigration of the olden time.
One way of understanding this, is to the view this mixture of old and new ashes as being yet another precautionary measure ... Additionally, mixing in the newer ashes we have produced now with those from olden times is a way of connecting through time with the original heifer that was slaughtered and prepared by Moses.
Boats in a variety of shapes and sizes have traditionally been the main means of transport of men and materials in the Kerala backwaters since olden days.
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:"... to condense in my own style in this small book the twelve volumes of Senator on the origin and deeds of the Getae Goths from olden times to the present day.
In olden times bonfire-signals on the mountains announced to all as far as Babylon that the month had been sanctified.
The coat of arms of Lithuania, consisting of an armor-clad knight on horseback holding an olden sword and shield, is also known as Vytis (" the Chaser ").
In olden times when the Chieftain of our people summoned the clan on an errand of life and death, the Fiery Cross, extinguished in sacrificial blood, was sent by swift courier from village to village.
The olden day councils consists of all the village elder and decisions were taken in a Musup / Dere ( Village community house ) on majority verdict.
He had read how, in the olden days of Indian warfare, the Brinjaris — dealers who carry their grain on pack cattle — had made themselves eminently serviceable.
The second village, Tukao and also known in the olden days as Te Matawhorua, is at the northern tip of Ngake or Te Paeroa Islet, which is on the northern tip of the atoll.
A paragraph at bottom will be devoted to the discussion of this comingling, but the present article centers on the survey of the sword of light as they actually occur in stories passed down in the olden days.
In the olden days, Europeans who landed on Niue carried guns and often fired the guns into the sky, when landed on the reef, to scare away potential trouble-making natives.
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