Simon was sitting now under his tent of entwined vine branches, a jug under his arm and a bronze cup in his hand.

He marched up and down the house as its master, brought in an armful of vine branches from the yard, fed the fire.

Although some of the upper windows were already shuttered tight, the facade was no longer festooned with dead vine branches.

His attendants at the Bacchanalian festivals hence had the vine as an attribute, together with the thyrsus, the latter often entwined with vine branches.

Lucy put up her hands to push back her hair and found she was pushing back vine branches.

The most important sacred object here is the cross of St Nino which, according to legend, is made from vine branches bound with the saint's own hair.

Now it crossed his mind to wonder that the Twice-Born had not arrived in a chariot drawn by panthers, bedecked with vine branches and ivy.

Zarajos: A traditional dish from Cuenca is zarajos, which are simply sheep's intestines rolled on a vine branch and usually broiled, but also sometimes fried.

Tiberius seized the vine branch from the captain and thrashed her about the body and head until she was insensible.

The empress freed the village from paying taxes and in a sign of their gratitude, the vintners brought Maria Theresa a crown made of vine branches.