Yon's twa weavers and a mason cursing the laird, and the man wi' the besom is the Master of Crumnathie A democracy, at all events," said Gavin By no means," said the doctor, "it's an aristocracy of intellect.— The Little Minister
The conjecture is confirmed by the name thunder-besom which is applied to mistletoe in the Swiss canton of Aargau, for the epithet clearly implies a close connexion between the parasite and the thunder; indeed "thunder-besom" is a popular name in Germany for any bushy nest-like excrescence growing on a branch, because such a parasitic growth is actually believed by the ignorant to be a product of lightning.— The Golden Bough
Yon's twa weavers and a mason cursing the laird, and the man wi 'the besom is the Master of Crumnathie. "— The Little Minister
The conjecture is confirmed by the name thunder-besom which is applied to mistletoe in the Swiss canton of Aargau, for the epithet clearly implies a close connexion between the parasite and the thunder; indeed— The Golden Bough
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