cattle-plague

Madame Sand describes the havoc as unprecedented in her experience -- the flowers and grass killed, the leaves scorched and yellowed, the baked earth under foot literally cracking in many places; no water, no hay, no harvest, but destructive cattle-plague, forest-fires driving scared wolves to seek refuge in the courtyard of Nohant itself -- the remnant of corn spared by the sun, ruined by hail-storms.

Famous Women: George Sand Bertha Thomas

Slavonian and Bulgarian peasants conceive cattle-plague as a foul fiend or vampyre which can be kept at bay by interposing a barrier of fire between it and the herds.

Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 8. The Need-fire 1922

Slavonian and Bulgarian peasants conceive cattle-plague as a foul fiend or vampyre which can be kept at bay by interposing a barrier of fire between it and the herds.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

Forster became Vice-President of the Council, which meant Minister for Education, with a few other trifles like the cattle-plague thrown in.

Writer's Recollections Ward, Mrs Humphry 1918

Question: Which is the most "beastly plague," a cattle-plague case for a farmer, or the ablative case for a school-boy?

Reminiscences of Tolstoy 1914

Question: Which is the most "beastly plague," a cattle-plague case for a farmer, or the ablative case for a school-boy?

Reminiscences of Tolstoy Tolstoy, Ilya, graf 1914

Once when it was neglected, the cattle-plague broke out in the parish and ceased, says the story, not until it was restored, when right away there was an end.

The Making of an American Riis, Jacob A 1901

Once when it was neglected, the cattle-plague broke out in the parish and ceased, says the story, not until it was restored, when right away there was an end.

When I went Home to Mother 1901

Question: Which is the most "beastly plague," a cattle-plague case for a farmer, or the ablative case for a school-boy?

Reminiscences of Tolstoy Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi 1899

Slavonian and Bulgarian peasants conceive cattle-plague as a foul fiend or vampyre which can be kept at bay by interposing a barrier of fire between it and the herds.

The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897