pennillion
Britishnoun
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Whereupon he also arose, and offering me his hand, said: “Farewell, master; I shall never forget you: were all the gentlefolks who come here to see the sources like you, we should indeed feel no want in these hills of such a gentleman as is spoken of in the pennillion.”
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They were horrible times—times in which there were monks and friars and p. 511graven images, which people kissed and worshipped and sang pennillion to.
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In his youth he was much addicted to poetry, and a great many pennillion of his composition, chiefly on his p. 527own thievish exploits, are yet recited by the inhabitants of certain districts of the Shires of Brecon, Carmarthen, and Cardigan.
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Had you lived at that time you would have seen people down on their knees before stocks and stones, worshipping them, kissing them and repeating pennillion to them.
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“Well,” said the damsel, “I believe he does write things which he calls pennillion, but everybody laughs at them.”
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