 | 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...Zodiacal sign of that name may be thus derived, or from the golden fleece of the Greeks. Resulting from the ancient practice of celebrating with festival rites the period of the vernal equinox, is that relic of its pristine pleasantry, the general practice of making April-Fools on the first day... | |
 | Rev. James Gardner - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 1042
...in his ' Indian Antiquities,' says, that the custom prevailing, both in England and India, had its origin in the ancient practice of celebrating with festival rites the period of the vernal equinox, or the day when the new year of Persia anciently began. ALL-HALLOW EVEN, the vigil of All Saints' Day,... | |
 | John Garrett - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 980
...noticed by Maurice, who remarks ' that the boundless hilarity and jocund sports, prevalent on the first of April in England and during the Holi festival in...Festum Stultorum about this period amongst the Romans ; some antiquaries have supposed that it constituted the originals of the festivals of the £oman Church,... | |
 | John Garrett - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 978
...prevalent on the first of April in England and during the Holi festival in India, have their AOO • t origin in the ancient practice of celebrating, with...was a Festum Stultorum about this period amongst the Homans ; some antiquaries have supposed that it constituted the originals of the festivals of the Eoman... | |
 | John Garrett - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 174
...noticed by Maurice, who remarks ' that the boundless hilarity and jocund sports, prevalent on the first of April in England and during the Holi festival in...Festum Stultorum about this period amongst the .Romans ; some antiquaries have supposed that it constituted the originals of the festivals of the Koman Church,... | |
 | John Garrett (director of public instruction in Mysore.) - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 174
...noticed by Maurice, who remarks ' that the boundless hilarity and jocund sports, prevalent on the first of April in England and during the Holi festival in...Festum Stultorum about this period amongst the Romans ; some antiquaries have supposed that it constituted the originals of the festivals of the Roman Church,... | |
 | 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...in his Indian Antiquities, vi. 71, says that the custom prevailing both in England and India had its origin in the ancient practice of celebrating with festival rites the period of the vernal equinox, or the day when the new year of Persia anciently began. Another curious explanation of this peculiar... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 582
...his Indian Antiquities (vi. 71), says that the custom prevailing both in England and India had its origin in the ancient practice of celebrating with festival rites the period of the vernal equinox, or the day when the new year of Porsia anciently began. Addison, in the Spectator, referring to the... | |
 | 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 98
...disappointment, and raise a laugh at the expense of the person sent. He adds that, Suraj-ad-daula, the Nawab of Bengal, of Black Hole celebrity, was...equinox, when the new year of Persia anciently began." Additional Remarks on the Holi. To the foregoing account of Wilson, the following details may be added... | |
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that the boundless hilarity and jocund sports, prevalent on the 1st day of April in England, and during the Holi Festival in India, have their origin in the ancient practice of celebrating, with festival rites, the period of the vernal equinox, when the... 