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[Maypole dance] - Victorian era public domain image

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A Mueddin chanting the call to prayer from a gallery of the Minaret of 'Isa (Jesus). This minaret (on the summit of which Moslem tradition says that Jesus will appear on the Judgement Day) is at the south-east corner of the Great Mosque, Damascus, and is two hundred and fifty feet in height. The beautiful octagonal minaret at the south-west corner is called El Gharbîyeh. A third minaret, not shown in this illustration, is called El 'Arûs (the Bride).

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Makbaret Bâb es Saghîr (Burial-Ground of the Little Gate). Tradition says that two of the wives of Mohammed were interned here. A modern domed structure marks the spot.

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Near the mouth of Wâdy Sh'reich. The scene of the worship of the golden calf was placed by early tradition at the mouth of this valley.

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Fig. 1. a. Représentation de la pierre à la quelle selon la tradition étoit attachée une chaîne pour fermer le Nil, b. Masse de granit pleine de hiéroglyphes, c. Petites chapelles, d. Rochers de granit; Fig. 2. Vue de la ville d'Esnay, dans l'Égypte Supérieure.

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Fig. 1. Tschabel Esselsele, c'est-à-dire Montagne de la Chaîne; Fig. 2. Dessein particulier de la pierre, à la quelle selon la tradition étoit attachée la chaîne, pour fermer le Nil. (a. Trous pour pouvoir monter, b. Rochers de granit.)

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The city of Acre from the south. The mount of the Nahr Na'mân, the ancient river Belus, in the foreground, where, tradition says, glass was first produced by an accidental combination of the necessary materials.
Genl. Knyphausen's trick of buttering his bread with his thumb ; according to Philadelphia tradition of the British occupation of 1777.

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Oral Tradition, Mural, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

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