Ideas And Superstitions. Iv. Moral Tales : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 161 IV MORAL TALES WHEN out riding one day, the Caliph Harn er Rashid noticed a very venerable looking old fellah planting a fig tree. Accosting him, the Commander of the Faithful asked why he was taking...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Notes : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 68 NOTES SECTION I I THE contents of this chapter are practically identical with Mejr-ed-dn, vol. i. ch. i., though it is here derived from the lips of an Arab Khatb. P. 5. The idea of the great serpent is...
Ideas And Superstitions. Translati : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], XIII TRANSLATION OF A TYPICAL "KEMI'" OR WRITTEN AMULET, USED BY ORIENTAL JEWS IN PALESTINE BINV AMI ASV Abbreviation for the Hebrew words " In the Name of God we shall do and prosper." Abbreviation of Hebrew...
Introduction : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. xi INTRODUCTION MY aim in this preface being to afford the untravelled reader of the following stories such a glimpse of the country and people which produced them as may render them intelligible, if not...
Legends And Anecdotes. Notes : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 129 NOTES SECTION II I P. 79. "Bb el Khall".--The western Gate of Jerusalem, is called Bb el Khall (the Gate of the Friend, "i.e." Abraham), probably because it is that by which any one who is going to Hebr...
Ideas And Superstitions. Xii. About Coffee : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 290 XII ABOUT COFFEE THE origin of coffee-drinking is connected with various legends and superstitious ideas. The shrub on which the coffee-berry grows is said to be indigenous in Abyssinia, and the story...
Ideas And Superstitions. V. The Angel Of Death : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], V THE ANGEL OF DEATH THREE mighty angels were standing before the throne of Allah with the most profound reverence, waiting to fulfil His high behests, and Allah said to one of them, "Descend to the Earth...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. X. Sim : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 62 X SIMON THE JUST IN the upper part of the Kedron Valley, not far from the point north of Jerusalem where it is crossed by the road to Nablus, is an old rock-hewn sepulchre. Inside the walled-up vestibule...
Legends And Anecdotes. Vi. Scraps Of Unwritten : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 105 VI SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY ABOUT a quarter of a mile below the "Br Ayb" near Jerusalem, on the right hand side as one goes down the valley, there is a recess in the bank which, if noticed in dry...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. I. A Learned : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 1 SECTION I TREATING OF TRADITIONS CONCERNING THE CREATION, AND VARIOUS SAINTS, SINNERS, AND MIRACLES p. 2 p. 3 SECTION I I A LEARNED MOSLEM'S IDEAS ON COSMOGONY KNOW, that the very first thing which Allah...
Legends And Anecdotes. Iii. En Nebi Daud : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], III EN NEBI DAD A NUMBER of conventional tales, bearing a family likeness to those related concerning the Patriarchs at Hebron, are told concerning the prophet David, and his tomb (En Nebi Dad) at Jerusalem...
A Mohammedan Legend. Introductory And Apologetic : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. xx p. xxi A MOHAMMEDAN LEGEND INTRODUCTORY AND APOLOGETIC "TAINTING the air, on a scirocco day, the carcase of a hound, all loathsome, lay in Nazareth's narrow street. Wayfarers hurried past covering mouth...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Ix. El Khudr : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 51 IX EL KHUDR ONE of the saints oftenest invoked in Palestine is the mysterious El Khudr or Evergreen One. He is said to have been successful in discovering the Fountain of Youth, which is situated somewhere...
Legends And Anecdotes. Ix. Sultan Mahmud's : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], IX SULTAN MAHMD'S AUTOGRAPH ON the southern wall inside the great Mesjid El Aksa at Jerusalem, which stands on the site of Justinian's famous Church of St Mary, there hangs in a gilt frame a specimen...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Iv. Job : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], IV JOB AND HIS FAMILY AYB, on whom be Peace, was a very rich man with a large family. In order to prove the sincerity of his professed piety, Allah deprived him, not only of all his worldly possessions and his...
Ideas And Superstitions. Vii. Nursery Tales : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], VII NURSERY TALES 1 ALLAH had given a certain woman seven sons, and she was very thankful for them, but for all that she longed to have a daughter and asked Allah to let her have one. One day, as she was passing...
Legends And Anecdotes. Iv. Bab El Asbat : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 94 IV BB EL ASBT FOUR different sets of traditions are associated with, and furnish as many names to the only open gate-way (there being others walled-up) in the Eastern wall of Jerusalem. It is known...
Ideas And Superstitions. Ix. About Women : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], IX ABOUT WOMAN A CERTAIN man was living with his wife and her bed-ridden mother in a two-storeyed house when the house caught fire. The man, having thrown all the furniture of the upper storey out of the windows...
Legends And Anecdotes. I. Bab El Khalil : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 76 p. 77 SECTION II CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT p. 78 p. 79 SECTION II I BB EL KHALL, THE JAFFA GATE AT JERUSALEM IN Mohammedan eschatology Bb el Khall figures as the Gate...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Iii. Noah And Og : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 13 III NOAH AND OG NOAH, on whom be peace, was one of the six greatest prophets that ever lived, though he left no writings behind him, as did his grandfather Idrs, 1 who was the first human being to use...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Vi. Lot : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], VI LOT AND THE TREE OF THE CROSS OUR father Adam, on his death-bed, was so terrified at the thought of dissolution, that he sent his son, the patriarch Seth, to the gate of Paradise to beg the p. 37 cherub...
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I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Viii. David : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 44 VIII DAVID AND SOLOMON "Some of the Best Traditions" DAD (on whom be peace) was singularly pious and anxious to do his duty to Allah as well as to his neighbour. He therefore used to divide his time...
Ideas And Superstitions. Xi. About Plants : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], XI ABOUT PLANTS THE Kharrb, 1 among other trees and shrubs, such as the fig, the sycamore and the caper-bush, is a perch for demons of various kinds, and so classed among unholy plants; while the olive-tree...
Ideas And Superstitions. Ii. The Secret Of Success : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], II THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN a town not far from the capital there lived, years ago, a young man noted for his learning. He had completed his studies at the great University of El Azhar at Cairo, and was a master...
Ideas And Superstitions. Vi. The Underground Folk : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], VI THE UNDERGROUND FOLK--OUR BETTERS--THE NAME OF ALLAH BE ROUND ABOUT US! THE people of Palestine, Christian as well as Moslem, believe in the existence of a race of beings of pre-adamite origin, called by...
Legends And Anecdotes. X. The Right Answer : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], X THE RIGHT ANSWER A CERTAIN sultan dreamt that all his teeth fell suddenly out of his mouth; and, awaking, was so frightened he woke his servants and bade them summon the Learned with all speed. The sages...
Legends And Anecdotes. V. Detective Stories : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], V DETECTIVE STORIES IN the early part of the eighteenth century the learned Rabbinnical writer Kolonimos was head of the small, and greatly oppressed Jewish community at Jerusalem. One Sabbath day, the Rabbi w...
Ideas And Superstitions. Iii. Origin Of Three : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], III ORIGIN OF THREE WELL-KNOWN SAYINGS A WEALTHY merchant had three sons. He himself was growing old and felt in doubt how to arrange for the management of the property after his death; because, although his...
Legends And Anecdotes. Viii. The Saragossan Purim : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], VIII THE SARAGOSSAN PURIM A FEW of the Jews resident at Jerusalem celebrate, beside the usual Jewish feasts of Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles, etc., a yearly anniversary which they call "the Saragossan Purim,"...
Ideas And Superstitions. Xiii. Some Magic Cures : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 297 XIII SOME MAGIC CURES THE Hebrew part of A. M. Luncz's interesting "Jerusalem Year-Book" for 1881 contains on pages 20-28, and under the title "Vain Belief," an account of some abject and degrading...
Ideas And Superstitions. Notes : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 311 NOTES SECTION III I P. 141. "Folks gentle and simple".--Considering the strange vicissitudes of Eastern history, it is not surprising that many people, now abjectly poor, should claim to be descendants...
Ideas And Superstitions. X. About Animals : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], X ABOUT ANIMALS THE dog and the cat were not always the enemies we now see them. There was once strong friendship between them. Their hostility arose from the following incident Ages ago when the different kinds...
Ideas And Superstitions. Xiv. A Popular Calendar : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], XIV A POPULAR CALENDAR AND SOME SAYINGS "Monday".--Go into debt for your food, but do not work on a Monday. Do not visit an infirm person on a Monday, for your doing so will augment his sufferings. If you spend...
Ideas And Superstitions. I. Folks Gentle : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 139 SECTION III CONTAINING STORIES AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING SOCIAL IDEAS, SUPERSTITIONS, ANIMAL AND PLANT-LORE, ETC. p. 140 p. 141 SECTION III I FOLKS GENTLE AND SIMPLE AHMAD Al-muttafakhir, ibn...
Legends And Anecdotes. Vii. Judgements Of Karakash : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 120 VII JUDGEMENTS OF KARAKASH A WEAVER, closing his shop for the night, left a long needle sticking in his work on the loom. A thief got in with a false key, and, as he was stumbling about in the dark...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. V. Abraham : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], V ABRAHAM, "THE FRIEND OF GOD" IBRAHM, whose surname is Khall Allah, or the Friend of God, was the son of Azar or Terah, a sculptor, and also wazr to Nimrd, King of Ktha. The impiety of Nimrd was so great th...
Ideas And Superstitions. Viii. Satire : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 234 VIII SATIRE ON the mountain-top above a Mohammedan village stood a wely or saint's tomb, of which the guardian was one Sheykh Abdullah, a genial old man and well-beloved in the neighbourhood. Accompanied...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Vii : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], VII THE DEATHS OF MOSES AND AARON ON reaching the confines of Palestine the Beni-Israel encamped in the country near the Wady Msa. 1 One evening, soon after they had reached it, Harn pointed out to Msa a place...
I. Saints, Sinners, And Miracles. Ii. Our : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], p. 9 II OUR FATHER ADAM ALLAH formed Adam out of a handful of dust. Some say that this handful was taken from the Sakhrah, or Holy Rock in Beyt el Makdas; but they are more probably right who assert th...
Legends And Anecdotes. Ii. Turbet Birket Mamilla : * "Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish", by J. E. Hanauer [1907], II TURBET BIRKET MAMILLA 1 THE most conspicuous object in this cemetery is a small domed building marking the grave of the Amr Ala ed din 'Aidi Ghadi ibn 'Abdallah el Kebkebi, who died A.H. 688 (= A.D. 1289)...
