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" You must lie in another county, and knit the left garter about the right-legged stocking (let the other garter and stocking alone), and as you rehearse these following verses, at every comma knit a knot — ««This knot I knit, To know the thing I know... "
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp - Page 263
by Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816
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The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell: A Gentleman ...

Daniel Defoe, William Bond - 1720 - 366 pages
...Carter and Stocking alone) and as you rehearfe theft following Verfes, At every Comma. knit a Knot* i This .Knot I knit. To know the Thing I know not yet, That I may feea The Man that jfhall my Husband be^ How he goes., and what he wears^ And what he does all Days...
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The Supernatural Philosopher: Or, The Mysteries of Magick, in All Its ...

William Bond, Daniel Defoe - 1728 - 426 pages
...right-legg'd Stocking Qet the other Carter and Stocking alone) and as you rehearse theft following Verjes, at every Comma knit a Knot*...\,\ This Knot I knit.,...the Thing I know not yet, That I may fee, The Man that fhafl my Husband be, How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all Days a Years. Accordingly...
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Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects

John Aubrey - 1784 - 324 pages
...right legged ftocking (let the other garter and ftocking alone) and as you rehearfe thefe following verfes, at every comma, knit a knot. This knot I knit,...know not yet, That I may fee, The man (woman) that fhall my hufband (wife) be,How he goes, and what he wears, And what he, does, all days, and years....
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A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular ...

Francis Grose - 1787 - 378 pages
...right-legged flocking, letting the other garter and flocking alone ; and, as you rehearfe the following verfes, at every comma knit a knot ; This knot I knit,...know not yet ; That I may fee The man (woman) that fhall my hufband(wife)be; How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all days and years. $4 SUPERSTITIONS....
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A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular ...

Francis Grose - 1787 - 380 pages
...flocking alone ; and, as you rehearfe the following verfcs, at every comma knit a knot : This knot 1 knit, To know the thing I know not yet ; That I may fee Theman (woman) that fhall my hufband(wife)be; How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all...
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A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular ...

Francis Grose - 1811 - 332 pages
...stocking, letting the other garter and stocking alone; and as you re^ hearse the following verses, at every comma knit a knot: " This knot I knit, " To know the thing I know not yet', " That I may see " The man [woman] that shall my husband [wife] be e , • . " How he goes, and what he wears, "...
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Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 2

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 388 pages
...stoclfing untouched in this way. They then repeated the following lines, knitting a knot at each comma: " This knot I knit, To know the thing I know not yet; That I may see The man that shall my husband be; How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all the days."...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 382 pages
...stocking untouched in this way. They then repeated the following lines, knitting a knot at each comma: " This knot I knit, To know the thing I know not yet; >, That I may see The man that shall my husband be ; How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all the days."...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 21

1816 - 808 pages
...the other garter and docking alone ; and as he rehearfes the following verfcs, at every comma knit i knot: — " This knot I knit, — To know the thing...not yet, — That I may fee — The man (woman) that ih.ill my huiband (wife) be ;— How he goes, and what he wears, — And what he does all days and...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 3

Robert Walsh - 1828 - 678 pages
...garter and stocking untouched ; they then repeat the following lines, knitting a knot at each comma, " This knot I knit, To know the thing I know not yet, That I may see, The man that shall my husband be, How he goes and what he wears, And what he does all the days."...
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