 | John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson - 1873 - 344 pages
...Manchester antiquary, visited the Hall, where he says there is " a human skull, which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it, by...removed from its situation, which is on the topmost step ot a staircase. There is a tradition that, if removed, or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance... | |
 | John Harland - 1873 - 332 pages
...Manchester antiquary, visited the Hall, where he says there is " a human skull, which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it, by...removed from its situation, which is on the topmost step ot a staircase. There is a tradition that, if removed, or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance... | |
 | William Andrews - 1883 - 234 pages
...Hall towards the end of the eighteenth century. He says : " A human skull, which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by...that, if removed, or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance always follows, to the terror of the whole house ; yet I cannot persuade myself this... | |
 | John Henry Ingram - 1884 - 340 pages
...the last century. That account it will be well to follow. " A human skull which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by...that, if removed or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance always follows, to the terror of the whole house ; yet I cannot persuade myself this... | |
 | John H. Ingram - 1886 - 668 pages
...the last century. That account it will be well to follow. " A human skull which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by...that, if removed or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance always follows, to the terror of the whole house; yet I cannot persuade myself this... | |
 | 1887 - 726 pages
...history attached to it. Mr. Thomas Wardle, who visited the house at the close of the last ceuturv. says there is a tradition that, " if removed or ill-used, some uncommon noise or disturbance alway» follows, to the terror of the whole house. Yet I cannot persuade myself that this is always... | |
 | Alfred Rimmer - 1890 - 262 pages
...visited the place, and he says that " this skull hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by not permitting it to be removed from its situation,...removed or ill-used some uncommon noise or disturbance must follow, to the terror of the whole house ; yet I cannot persuade myself this is always the case.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1887 - 588 pages
...and believe that if they are lucky at cards they will be lucky on the streets, and vice versa." says there is a tradition that, " if removed or ill-used,...terror of the whole house. Yet I cannot persuade myself that this is always the case ; but some years ago I and three of my companions went to visit this surprising... | |
 | 1875 - 398 pages
...Hall towards the end of the eighteenth century. He says : " A human skull, which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by...that, if removed, or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance always follows, to the terror of the whole house ; yet I cannot persuade myself this... | |
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A human skull which, time out of mind, hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by [the occupiers of the Hall ] not permitting it to be removed from its situation, which is on the topmost step of a staircase. There is a tradition that, if removed... 