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Some Little Russian feasting customs are probably pagan in origin, but have received a curious Christian interpretation.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
But all the serious-minded convicts were not so particular as the Little Russian, who could not bear to see people gay.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Little Russian and his crew stood up in the heeled-over boat, and by using their oars like punt poles, they tried to prevent the seas from slewing them round broadside on.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
A singer, my brothers, 310 A born Little Russian, The Barin once brought him Away from his home, With a promise to send him To Italy later.
From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Juliet M. Soskice
Footnote 6: This is the popular form in Little Russian; therefore it is quoted.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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