Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 75 | It is in this View more quotes about time">time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect. |
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Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 72 | The Waiting Hand, the five-day period preceding the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, is a very solemn time for most Goreans. |
| 1 | 73 | During this time few ventures are embarked upon, and little or no business is conducted. |
| 1 | 74 | During this time most Goreans remain within their houses. |
| 1 | 75 | It is in this time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect. |
| 1 | 76 | These precautions, and others like them, are intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses. |
| 1 | 77 | In the houses there is little conversation and no song. |
| 1 | 78 | It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting. |
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The Waiting Hand, the five-day period preceding the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, is a very solemn time for most Goreans.
During this time few ventures are embarked upon, and little or no business is conducted.
During this time most Goreans remain within their houses.
It is in this time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect.
These precautions, and others like them, are intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses.
In the houses there is little conversation and no song.
It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting.
- (Players of Gor)