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Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. [3] The term twig usually refers to a terminus , while bough refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk. Due to a broad range of species of trees, branches and twigs can be found in many different shapes and sizes.
Deck the hall with boughs of holly, 'Tis the season to be jolly, Don we now our gay apparel, Troll the ancient Christmas carol, See the blazing yule before us, Strike the harp and join the chorus. Follow me in merry measure, While I tell of Christmas treasure, Fast away the old year passes, Hail the new, ye lads and lasses! Sing we joyous all ...
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang; In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self that seals up all in rest; In me thou seest the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth ...
Sukkot in the Synagogue (painting circa 1894–1895 by Leopold Pilichowski). To prepare the species for the mitzvah, the lulav is first bound together with the hadass and aravah (this bundle is also referred to as "the lulav") in the following manner: One lulav is placed in the center, two aravah branches are placed to the left, and three hadass boughs are placed to the right.
A kissing bough is a traditional Christmas decoration in England and Lowland Scotland.Also called a Christmas-bough or mistletoe-bough, [1] it has the shape of a sphere or globe with a frame made of wire.
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English translators have translated it as "the highest shoots" (Hollander), [5] "summits" (Thorpe), "the highest twigs" (Bellows), [6] "the high boughs" (Taylor and Auden) [7] and "the highest boughs" (Larrington). [8] This verse of Grímnismál is preserved in two medieval manuscripts, Codex Regius (R) and AM 748 I 4to (A). The text and ...
English: The English words of Deck the Hall With Boughs of Holly are not a translation. This is Thomas Oliphant's original publication of the words of the Christmas carol. This is Thomas Oliphant's original publication of the words of the Christmas carol.