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See an able paper by Mr. T. W. Shore on “Characteristic Survivals of the Celts in Hampshire,” Journ.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

I relapsed into contemplation; and began to compose a volume on 'Tory Types: Some Survivals in English Politics.

From Sunrise by Black, William

Survivals at Rome of previous eras of quasi-religious experience.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

Survivals are carried along the stream of time by people whose culture-status is on a level with the culture in which the survivals originated.

From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence

Survivals of these curious rites have been noted quite recently in Scotland and Ireland.7 Early use also of fireworks was made in plays and pageants.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various