| 民俗学 |
lay a curse (on someone – на кого-либо • The baby died at the age of 14 months in fulfillment, it is said, of a curse laid on him by a gipsy. • ... the imposing ruins of Cowdray House, built c.1530. The house was burnt down in 1793, and a week later its owner, Lord Montagu, was drowned in Germany—fulfilling, it is said, a curse laid on the family by a monk ejected from Battle Abbey by the first owner of Cowdray House after Henry VIII Dissolution of the Monasteries. (AA Illustrated Guide To Britain) ART Vancouver) |
