| 单词 | murrain |
| 例句 | Indeed dearth, murrain and pestilence went hand in hand, in that unhappy time we call the “good old days.” Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Experiments with the result which I have stated have been made with the microbes of splenic fever, chicken cholera, murrain, and certain other maladies. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z "What a murrain!" muttered Amos, scrambling back and running after him. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z He could farry, cure a cow of the murrain, tin a saucepan, dance a jig, knit a stocking, sing a cronane against any young fellow in the county. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z It must not be forgotten that all the cattle and all beasts had died with the murrain before the boils had broken out. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The hides of the oxen and the “wool pells” of the sheep, which had been killed for food or had fallen victim to that curse of medieval farming, the murrain, were by no means wasted. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z “Did you ever hear of the black murrain?” asked Mike in a confidential whisper. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z It must not be forgotten that all the cattle and all beasts had died with the murrain before the boils had broken out This was a most decisive victory for Moses and Aaron. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z The common practice is to deplete by blood-letting, which only protracts the malady, and often brings on typhus, black quarter, joint murrain, &c. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Mr. King only published two sermons, one preached to his own people on the murrain among the cattle, and another delivered at the ordination of Mr. Joshua Symonds, at Bedford, 1767. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Five hides belonging to animals which had died of murrain were tanned and used for collars and other cart gear on the farm; but all the rest were sold, thirty-six of them in all. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Everything was withered up, and our cattle carried off by the murrain. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The corn is blighted, the cows give no milk, the murrain blights the stock, children have the rickets, and everything goes wrong. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z If it were named from the location, which often happens, then we get as many names as there are locations; for example, horn ail, black leg, quarter evil, joint murrain, foot rot, &c. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Then the plague among men is exchanged for a murrain among cattle, which, as a matter of fact, has been known to happen: this answers to the allowing the dæmon to go to the swine. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Nickolsdorf, where the steppe murrain appeared on the 10th of August, is an exquisitely clean village, with well-whitewashed buildings and broad roads, constituting the centre of a thriving agricultural district. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Isolation of the herds and the slaughter of diseased animals were the means advocated for stamping out the murrain. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "A murrain on his thick-headedness; fair Sir, I cannot rightly tell what he doth mean." The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Treatment.—In the early stages of joint murrain and its kindred maladies, if inflammatory fever is present, the first and most important step is to relax the external surface, as directed in article Pneumonia, p. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z As he ran he would brandish his ax and shout "A murrain on thee!" or some other vivid bit of campus slang. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z But in the end all these cows died, not, it is believed, of the cattle murrain, but of exhaustion occasioned by the activity of the drugs administered to them. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z From murrain shield the flocks—the flowers from blight. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Besides these periodical sacrifices, others are made by single mootahs, and even by individuals, to avert any threatening calamity from sickness, murrain, or other causes. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z At last the strong-minded female was compelled to give in; fire was obtained—-but of bad quality, for it did not stop the murrain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z But a murrain on the foggy weather, which prevented us from catching a glimpse of the heights of Dover town! The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The demand is repeated separately before the plagues of murrain, hail, and locusts, no mention being yet made of anything beyond a service or sacrifice in the wilderness. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z "A murrain take you," says the justice, more purple than before, for this was a stab in a tender place. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Disease had attacked the inhabitants of the hamlet, a murrain their cattle. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z A murrain on the barbarous words that trip my speech! The Great Mogul Ho! come not too nearly, master," he sang out, when he saw me, "for these pieces be tickle things, a murrain of 'em! Idonia: A Romance of Old London It is supposed to be the murrain of Exodus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Nay, if a shifting wind but carried the ashes landwards, blight or murrain would follow surely. The Unknown Sea These were doubtless the more comfortable class, of whom we read afterwards that they possessed property, for their cattle escaped the murrain and their trees the hail. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Oh, they thought that there would come a murrain, and cut off the cattle; and a blight, and destroy the fruit; and a pestilence, and kill themselves. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The condition of the country was deplorable; in 1842 a murrain of cattle was followed by a destructive Nile flood; in 1843 there was a plague of locusts, whole villages were depopulated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The veterinary physician said that the disease was murrain. Every-Day Errors of Speech "Why under heaven they put such murrain cattle as you in the army I can't tell," he continued with another savage kick in the mule's side. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The murrain had not slain their cattle, nor the locusts devoured their land, nor the darkness obscured their dwellings. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Only, in return, do not suffer our cattle to die of murrain, or our crops wither up for lack of rain. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa When ye saw me here, so strangely seated, where I have neither right nor interest, what a murrain! could ye not smell harm and get ye gone from evil?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) Thus, when a murrain among the cattle, or the death of an important individual has taken place, the blame is laid upon some unfortunate victim whom the witch or wizard points out. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies See whether Calphurnius will not bring again upon us the plague, the murrain, the locusts, and all manner of larvæ and maniæ before the end of the story.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century It is often called Spanish fever, acclimation fever, red water, black water, distemper, murrain, dry murrain, yellow murrain, bloody murrain, Australian tick fever, and tristeza of South America. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle A "very grievous murrain," which spared the cattle of Israel, broke out on the cattle of Egypt, and with such virulence that they all died. Bible Romances First Series What has the murrain in potatoes to do with the question of foreign competition, as applied to English, Scottish, nay, Irish corn? Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 "A murrain upon you, noisy rascal," he called; "can you not be still?" Robin Hood There is somewhat——” “Now a murrain on thee, Shrope, for mentioning that name,” cried Elizabeth her humor changing instantly. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Of what nature this murrain may have been can no more be determined than whether it originated from communication with the plague patients or from other causes. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Mummy forsooth!" the other retorts; "Mummy with a murrain! The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Oxen affected with pleuro-pneumonia, when pus is present in the lungs, or the flesh obviously affected; animals suffering from murrain, black-quarter, and the different forms of anthrax. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Treat it lightly elsewhere, as an expletive and a mere way of speaking, and it will come to nothing as it deserves, and follow the obsolete "plagues" and "murrains" of our ancestors. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 “Now a murrain on thee for that foul prophecy,” cried the man starting up, his hand on the hilt of his sword. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls A murrain catch thy tail, thou hast ever a longer sight than beseems thee. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In the present day, he who would study the character and habits of these children of Nature must travel far away beyond the Rocky Mountains, where the murrain of perverted civilization has not yet spread. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Ah!” as the boat luffed round a small mangrove-covered island, and the galley was shut out from view, “there goes their last chance of hitting us with their footy ordnance—with a murrain on them!” Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess A murrain on your monster, and the Devil take your fingers! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Who are you—with a murrain to you? Romola When your sheep died of the murrain you hung up their hides to dry—in the schoolhouse. The Day of Wrath The mules are drowned—a murrain on them both! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Pray heaven that they may not take it into their heads to sacrifice us too, with a murrain on them!” Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] By and by came that murrain among the cattle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 This thy strife Hath ruined all my fields which are my life, Brought murrain on my beasts, cold ash to my hearth, Emptiness to my croft. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems In some sections of the country, this disease—known by the other names of black quarter, and joint murrain—is quite common among young cattle, and is generally fatal in its termination. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure After the plague had subsided, a murrain attacked the cattle, and great numbers of all kinds died; so that they became reduced in the same proportion as the race of man had been reduced before. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa The destruction of cattle by the murrain which has been raging over the country may accelerate this change. Impressions of South Africa "There's no more cure," said he, "for death in a common herd than for the same murrain in an ensign of foot." John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn My ways are your ways—a murrain on your beauties!—has your brain shot forth skylarks as your eyes do sparks? The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) It is one of the most fearful characteristics of murrain; it is the destructive accompaniment, or consequence, of phthisis. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure That do I, with a murrain on it! The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Of these last only some 5,000 are said to have survived the murrain, which worked havoc in the other three first-mentioned territories also. Impressions of South Africa How now! what, a murrain on you, puppy! Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Drought, want of fertility in the soil, murrain in cattle, and other calamities incident to husbandry are here invariably ascribed to the wrath of particular gods, to appease which recourse is had to various ceremonies. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Fortunately, however, true murrain is comparatively rare in this great stock-raising country. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure "A murrain on your youth," cried Adrian, testily. The Lady Paramount Most of the cattle that were on the land have perished in the recent murrain. Impressions of South Africa Old Ned died under the burden of his many years, and a sort of murrain among the fowl cut off several promising pullets in the heyday of their youth. Strangers at Lisconnel A cow would go dry, or a colt break its leg, or there would be a drought, or a storm, or a murrain on the cattle or a mildew on the crops. The Age of the Reformation Misfortune still pursued him; he rented one of the farms at a sum exceeding its value, and his capital was much too limited for stocking the other, while a disastrous murrain decimated his flock. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century No one refuses it if they have a drop left, for they all believe the murrain to be a punishment for churlishness to strangers—by whom committed no one can say. Letters from Egypt A year after our visit the murrain, to which I have already referred, appeared in this region, and wrought fearful devastation among the wild animals, especially the buffaloes. Impressions of South Africa The rumour sprang up that Evangelicalism had invaded Milby parish—a murrain or blight all the more terrible, because its nature was but dimly conjectured. Scenes of Clerical Life "You are her own true lover; and could she choose her bearer—" "A murrain on your finickings!" he burst out. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady What wi' the rot among my sheep, and the murrain among my cattle, I were all but ruined. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales The cattle murrain is fearful, and is now beginning in Cairo and Upper Egypt. Letters from Egypt Numerous modifications of these fevers, or particular phases of them, are more or less extensively known among our readers as black-leg, bloody murrain, etc. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside A murrain of cattle followed, and the poor were dying of hunger and pestilence. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) The 'murrain' was so deadly to oxen and sheep that, according to Walsingham, dogs and ravens eating them dropped down dead. A Short History of English Agriculture But the healthful leanness, characteristic of the race, had become emaciation; there was the studious unkemptness of mourning upon them, and they, who had ridden once, before the plagues of murrain and hail, traveled afoot. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Everything is almost double in price owing to the cattle murrain and the high Nile. Letters from Egypt Such a remedy for the Potato murrain has yet to be discovered. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition You would be deriving me from William the Conqueror, with a murrain to you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 There were also on some manors 'cadaveratores', whose duty was to look into and report on the losses of cattle and sheep from murrain, a melancholy tale of the unhealthy conditions of agriculture. A Short History of English Agriculture In smiting the cattle with murrain, the sacred bull of Memphis was humiliated whether stricken himself or because of his inability to protect the rest of the cattle. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods The high Nile was a small misfortune compared to the murrain. Letters from Egypt Yes, far worse, than frogs and lice, and locusts, and flies, and murrain of beasts, and biles on man, and darkness all combined. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery "A murrain light upon her!" scowled a man from the outskirts of the crowd. Verner's Pride Go to, Delilah, and henceforth for this may a murrain light on thy cucumbers! Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 That very night his only son was bitten by a snake, and his two bullocks were seized with the murrain. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official "Curse them, a murrain on them!" he muttered, as he pulled his horse to a standstill; "where can the fellows be?" Heiress of Haddon "Thou hast told him, then,—and a murrain light on thee!" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 On this occasion two fires were lit, between which cattle were driven as a preventative or charm against the murrain and other pestilential distempers. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Though, strictly speaking," said Mr. Fett, as I drew him away and down the street leading to the quay, "I believe murrain to be a disease peculiar to cattle. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 The fifth plague was murrain—a disease that broke out among the cattle. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine It had other names given to it; potato murrain, cholera in the potato, and so on; but Potato Blight in Ireland, at least, was and is its all but universal name. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines Why, a murrain to thee, goodman Grim, thy fire is colder than my halidome; the sun is so high it puts it out, I reckon. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Kelly mentions, in his Folklore, that a calf was sacrificed in Northamptonshire during the present century, in one of these fires, to "stop the murrain." An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 In Alba eastward the lean Scot increases, Frequent the diseases and murrain in her parts, Many in her mountains the scanty-skirted fellows, Many are the hard and the jealous hearts. A Celtic Psaltery I began arraying myself sullenly and clumsily in the murrain petticoats. Helmet of Navarre A murrain on the knaves who brought me to this! For The Admiral Thou croaking toad, A murrain take thy noisy throat! The Talking Beasts A murrain upon this business!" said the elder son, "for I perceive no end to it. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 "A murrain on this begging loon!" exclaimed one. Stories from the Odyssey In the darkness and solitude I called down a murrain on his folly. Helmet of Navarre From their constant exposure at all seasons, the cattle in Ceylon, both those employed in agriculture and on the roads, are subject to the most devastating murrains, which sweep them away by thousands. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 When I go to Cambridge, I affect them all with a murrain of idleness. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour From their constant exposure at all seasons, the cattle in Ceylon, both those employed in agriculture and those on the roads, are subject to devastating murrains, that sweep them away by thousands. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon It will surprise no one to learn that pretty soon these people, poisoned by malaria, stung by venomous insects and reptiles, and having scarcely anything to eat, were dying like cattle with the murrain. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights A murrain on the love I have borne thee! The Decameron, Volume II In 1788, when the stock of any considerable farmer was seized with the murrain, he would send for one of the charm doctors to superintend the raising of a needfire. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 A murrain seize that traitrous knight, For that he lies!" he cried— "A base, unchristian paynim he, Else, by my beard, he would not be A recreant to his bride! John Smith, U.S.A. A sudden freshet and unseasonable access of heat or cold, a scourge of hail, a drought, a murrain among the cattle, call for ingenuity and for resourcefulness; and for courage, a higher moral quality. George Washington But why, we may ask, should the burning alive of a calf or a sheep be supposed to save the rest of the herd or the flock from the murrain? Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul Go, give it back at once, a murrain on thee! The Decameron, Volume II They are as ignorant of drouth, murrain, pestilence locusts, and blight, as they are of the true meaning of want and fear. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) That a blood murrain may fall upon their bullocks! New Irish Comedies "But nay," hissed the stranger, and spat with scorn, "a town like that is its own murrain--let it sicken on itself!" Master Skylark In the Isle of Man the practice of burning cattle alive in order to stop a murrain seems to have persisted down to a time within living memory. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul A murrain light on that calf, I say! Theocritus, translated into English Verse A murrain seize—a pize upon— Plague take—the New Police! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 A murrain on that cavalier,—king's brother, or what not!—it was he serenading, I'll be bound. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator "A murrain on the luck!" cried Carew, suddenly. Master Skylark A disease among cattle, called the murrain, then prevailed to a very great extent through that district of Yorkshire. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul To him Mochuda said:—"Dysentery will attack you immediately and murrain that will cause your death." Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore The distempered have died quicker than cattle of the murrain. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire "May the murrain strike me if I can call to mind aught about her." The White Company A murrain on Burbage and Will Shakspere too!--but I wish we had him back again. Master Skylark Soon afterwards a murrain broke out among the cattle of the district and carried off many beasts. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul There is a terrible murrain, called the lung-sickness, among horses and oxen here, every four or five years, but it never touches those that are stabled, however exposed to wet or wind on the roads. Letters from the Cape When ye saw me here, so strangely seated where I have neither right nor interest, what a murrain I could ye not smell harm and get ye gone from evil?” The Black Arrow "A murrain seize you!" roared the tinker commencing afresh. Robin Hood A murrain take thee," rejoined the swine-herd; "wilt thou talk of such things, while a terrible storm of thunder and lightning is raging within a few miles of us? Ivanhoe In this emasculated form the sacrifice, we may say with confidence, is absolutely useless for the purpose of stopping a murrain. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul “A murrain on the beast!” muttered Robin angrily, tugging in vain at the creature on whom death had taken pity. Gathering of Brother Hilarius What a murrain do ye keep me here for? The Black Arrow "And if I do not tan your hide for you in better shape than ever calf-skin was turned into top-boots, may a murrain seize me!" Robin Hood It happened, about this period, that a sort of murrain fell upon the London publishers. Men of Invention and Industry Need-fire, I am told, is still employed in the case of cattle infected with the murrain. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul This was a very calamitous year in this land, through manifold impositions, and through murrain of cattle, and deficiency of produce, not only in corn, but in every kind of fruit. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Watch and ward him with all thy skill; and mark thee well, greybeard, should aught untoward befall, thy old head shall answer for his—and a murrain on both of them!' The Wind in the Willows "A murrain seize you for disturbing a holy man in his prayers!" muttered Tuck savagely. Robin Hood In 1865 the rinderpest, or steppe murrain, originating amongst the vast herds of the Russian steppes, had spread westward over Europe, until it was brought to London by foreign cattle. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 To his thinking God has little or nothing to do with the murrain, but witches, ill-wishers, and fairies have a great deal to do with it. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul This year the king invaded the bishopric of Rochester; and this year came first the great murrain of cattle in England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle In the summer the other ox had the bloody murrain and he died. The Bark Covered House It looks as if murrain, mildew, and contagion were abroad, hovering over earth and brooding plagues. Anna St. Ives London was burnt to the ground, a great murrain of cattle happened for the first time in the English nation, and a terrible plague carried off many thousands of the people. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age In Silesia, also, need-fires were often employed for the purpose of curing a murrain or preventing its spread. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul This same year was so great a murrain of cattle as never was before in the memory of man over all England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle What a murrain, I say, what a noise dost thou make! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 When cholera breaks out at Toulon, or the phylloxera makes further inroads in the Côte d'Or, or murrain appears among sheep, they protest that nothing in the shape of bad news astonishes them. The Roof of France But he was wrong Oh very wrong—a murrain on his traps! Poems, 1799 The Germans of Western Bohemia resort to similar measures for staying a murrain. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul Not so, good Fool!" she croaked, "for I do know thee for that same gentle Motley did save me from Black Lewin—a murrain seize him! The Geste of Duke Jocelyn He talked about them much as a farmer would about the loss of so many sheep by the murrain. Redburn. His First Voyage "What a murrain had you to do with the dead body, then?" said the Archer. Quentin Durward "What the murrain are we two fighting about?" said he at last. Hereward, the Last of the English A farmer, who had lost a number of his sheep and cattle by murrain, burned a calf as a propitiatory offering to the Deity on this spot, where a chapel was afterwards built. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul The fact was proclaimed by her loud rude cry, “A murrain on thee, thou ne’er-do-weel lad,” together with a sounding box on the ear. Grisly Grisell To him Mochuda said:— "Dysentery will attack you immediately and murrain that will cause your death." The Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore The murrain among the poets is the severest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 The fly, the murrain, the potato-rot, and the grasshoppers, all have a divine office in tipping over our calculations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 When any murrain attacks the cattle of one of the provinces, the deficiency is supplied from the tenths which he receives in the other provinces. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time O good master, Justice Shrieve, have you execution in hand, and is there such a murrain among thieves and hangmen, that you play two parts in one? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 To lie down and die, like cattle in a murrain, was base. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 These dumb cattle would not learn it of themselves, and so the murrain of Homeopathy fell on them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 Thus the peasantry in some places affirm that the dropping of the leaves of a peach-tree betokens a murrain; and in Italy it is held unlucky for a rose to do so. The Folk-lore of Plants The love of life slowly returned; but the means to sustain that life had been destroyed by murrain, the grasshoppers, and the drought. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" "The murrain is in the boy," said Adam Woodcock, "he has stared out his eyes, and talked his tongue to pieces, I think." The Abbot Young and old, him that bids and him that bids not, a murrain seize you all! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 They had not long remembered the time when a grievous disease, like a plague, fell upon the place, and people died by scores, as sheep fall in a murrain. Parables of a Province The cattle that ate of it were attacked by a murrain, of which great numbers died. Wonders of Creation A murrain on me," he said, "but I have made my lady angry in good earnest! and that is an unwonted sight for to see.—I crave your pardon, my lady! Peveril of the Peak "Now a murrain on all women, black and white!" swore Mahommed Khan beneath his breath. Told in the East Mother of a murrain, have I not trouble sufficient for one man? Rung Ho! We have another very disagreeable affair, that may have fatal consequences: there rages a murrain among the cows; we dare not eat milk, butter, beef, nor any thing from that species. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Then we have driven out the murrain and the rest will live. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Whole villages, ruined by murrains, pests, fires, or raids of new immigrants, were often abandoned by their inhabitants, who went anywhere in search of new abodes. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Are these your English tricks, with a murrain? The Journal to Stella "You might as well talk of keeping on the good side of the American traitors—a bloody murrain seize the whole race!" Alice of Old Vincennes How could you be so blind as not to foresee the necessity of repairs, together with the danger of bankruptcy, murrain, or thin crop? The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle And lastly, a plague, a special plague, a veritable murrain on Lola Brandt for complicating the splendid singleness of my purpose. Simon the Jester Now they are seized by the murrain plague! Thelma A murrain take that box! everything is spoiled that is in it. The Journal to Stella A murrain broke out among the cattle, and a disease resembling scurvy attacked the inhabitants themselves. Letters from High Latitudes A similar conception may perhaps have originally everywhere underlain the use of the need-fire as a remedy for the murrain. The Golden Bough "It is out of distance," said he, "and a murrain on the bird!" Burlesques In Mull the disappointment of a harvest, or a murrain among the cattle, cuts off the regular provision; and they who have no manufactures can purchase no part of the superfluities of other countries. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland "There's a murrain of friars about," said Champernoun, leisurely picking his teeth. The Path of the King "Why is not the rogue at Oxford, with a murrain on him, instead of lurching about here carrying tales and ogling the maidens?" Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Hence the ancients made a general practice of arresting the progress of murrains among cattle by a separation of the diseased from the healthy. The Black Death The Dancing Mania A murrain on the English bill that dealt the stroke! A Monk of Fife A murrain on you both," said the charitable mediator, "and especially on you, Master Lambourne! Kenilworth Even where left exposed, the herbage acquired a poisonous taint which proved fatal to the cattle, inducing among them a peculiar murrain. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire What, young malapert?" cried poor Leigh, facing round upon his son, glad to find any one on whom he might vent his ill-humor; "are you too against me, with a murrain on you? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth I did not give the lie:—out o' your wits and hearing too?—A pox o' your bottle! this can sack and drinking do.—A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! The Tempest Therefore the murrain came and carried off all the cattle in the flocks the Israelites were tending. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 Soon there was scarcely a county in which some of the Quorum did not smile contemptuously when an old woman was brought before them for riding on broomsticks or giving cattle the murrain. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Has any misfortune befallen thy flocks, Some lamb been betray'd by the craft of the fox; Or murrain, more fatal, just seized on thy herd; Or has thy dear Phyllis let slip a cross word? Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 "I meant no harm; and his worship knows it, none better: but where is Raleigh going to send us, with a murrain?" Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth What a murrain do you here, to talk of failing? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Then God brought a grievous murrain upon their cattle, because they had pressed the Israelites into their service as shepherds, and assigned remote pasturing places to them, to keep them away from their wives. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 "What a murrain have you, Leigh, to quarrel with Winter?" asked two or three. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth |
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