 | 1848 - 556 ページ
...their several positions till the action is concluded. ANSWERS TO INQUIRERS. Should any one inquire whether a child about to be born, will be a boy or a girl, the person questioned must ascertain from which of his own nostrils the breathing is greater. If the... | |
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - 1891 - 640 ページ
...incense for offerings. Near at hand is a stall where expectant mothers may purchase tickets to tell them whether a child about to be born will be a boy or girl. On the right a great red five-storeyed pagoda soars aloft sacred to the " five Buddhas of contemplation,"... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason - 1898 - 792 ページ
...rubbed away. The stalls in front of the main shrine are for the sale of pictures of the goddess Kwannon, which are used as charms against sickness, to help...to be born will be a boy or a girl, and so forth. There is also a place where fortunes are told by the priests. The chancel is, as usual, separated from... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason - 1907 - 672 ページ
...away. The stalls in front of the main shrine are for fhe sale of pictures of the goddess -i, which me used as charms against sickness, to help women in...to be born will be a boy or a girl, and so forth. There is also a place where fortunes are told by the priests. The chancel is, as usual, separated from... | |
 | Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason - 1913 - 678 ページ
...The stalls in front of the main shrine are for the sale of pictures of the goddess Kwannon, which aie used as charms against sickness, to help women in...to be born will be a boy or a girl, and so forth. There is also a place where fortunes are told by the priests. The chancel is, as usual, separate ed... | |
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Kwannon, which are used as charms against sickness, to help women in childbirth, etc., of tickets to say whether a child about to be born will be a boy or a girl, and so forth. There is also a place where fortunes are told by the priests. The chancel... 