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June 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm i lob “Quick, dyal nine elbenty!” i pramish to wear protective geer.
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The dyal was central to the story but unfortunately appeared to be tacked on due to its awkward placement.
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Instead, the author digressed quite a bit in the novel and then introduced the dyal ceremony and culture late enough for me to wonder if it was an artificial plot invention.
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I was enthralled with the author's description of the dyal, the rice ceremony indigenous to this rural culture.
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May 8, 2008 at 8:28 am ai haz it awn speed dyal…. awla teh fyrepeeps we be needn awla da tyme, yew know…
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The Kirk Sessions records for 1744, of Essie and Nevay, Forfarshire, notice that a mason had been fined £6 (Scots) for some misdemeanour, but being a poor man, and having with other work "made a dyal for the West Church," he was forgiven.
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From the Terrass you have a Court yt Leads into ye middle of ye house into a large hall; over ye doore at ye Entrance is a fine Carving of stone wth Leaves and flowers with fine stone pillars, and ye Armes Cutt finely, there is a fine dyal and Clock above all.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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The porch is very high on wch is a dyal, it almost breakes ones neck to Looke up at it for yt ye tower in wch are 5 bells.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Ye market Cross has a dyal and Lanthorn on ye top, and there being another house pretty Close to it high built wth such a tower and lanthorn also, wth ye two Churches towers and some other buildings pretty good, made it appear nobly at a distance.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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The great dyal is your last monument; these bestow some half of the threescore minutes, to observe the sawciness of the jaikes that are above the man in the moone there; the strangenesse of the motion will quit your labour.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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