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ОглавлениеSUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.
BEAL-TINE OR BELTANE FIRES; RELICS OF BAAL WORSHIP.
BOGGARTS, GHOSTS, AND HAUNTED PLACES.
BOGGARTS OR GHOSTS IN OLD HALLS.
HOUSE BOGGARTS, OR LABOURING GOBLINS.
HORNBY PARK MISTRESS AND MARGARET BRACKIN.
BOGGARTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHARMS AND SPELLS AGAINST EVIL BEINGS.
A CHARM, WRITTEN IN CYPHER, AGAINST WITCHCRAFT AND EVIL SPIRITS.
THE CROW CHARM AND THE LADY-BIRD CHARM.
THE MOUNTAIN ASH, OR WICKEN OR WIGGEN TREE.
CHARMS TO CURE SICKNESS, WOUNDS, CATTLE DISTEMPER, ETC.
CURE FOR HYDROCEPHALUS IN CATTLE.
CATTLE DISORDERS.—THE SHREW TREE IN CARNFORTH.
TO PROCURE SLEEP BY CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE BED.
THE DEVIL & THE SCHOOLMASTER AT COCKERHAM.
DEMON AND GOBLIN SUPERSTITIONS.
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION IN 1594.
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION IN 1689.
ANOTHER LANCASHIRE FORM OF DIVINATION.
SPIRITS OF THE DYING AND THE DEAD.
FOLK-LORE OF ECCLES AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
TREE BARNACLES; OR, GEESE HATCHED FROM SEA-SHELLS.
WARTS FROM WASHING IN EGG-WATER.
FORTUNE-TELLING.—WISE MEN AND CUNNING WOMEN, ETC.
RAISING THE DEAD AT WALTON-LE-DALE.
AN EARL OF DERBY CHARGED WITH KEEPING A CONJUROR.
MIRACLES, OR MIRACULOUS STORIES.
MIRACLES BY A DEAD DUKE OF LANCASTER AND KING.
A MIRACULOUS FOOTPRINT IN BRINDLE CHURCH.
THE FOOTPRINT AT SMITHELLS OF GEORGE MARSH, THE MARTYR.
THE PROPHET ELIAS, A LANCASHIRE FANATIC.
OMENS OF WEATHER FOR NEW YEAR'S-DAY.
SUPERSTITIONS, GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
BONES OF ST. LAWRENCE, AT CHORLEY.
NINETEENTH CENTURY SUPERSTITION.
SUPERSTITIOUS FEARS AND CRUELTIES.
SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS IN MANCHESTER IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
WITCHCRAFT IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES
DR. DEE CHARGED WITH WITCHCRAFT.
SUPERSTITIOUS FEAR OF WITCHCRAFT.
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES OF 1612.
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES OF 1633-4.
THE FOREST OF PENDLE—THE HAUNT OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
WITCHCRAFT AT CHOWBENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
"LATING" OR "LEETING" WITCHES.
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND USAGES AT VARIOUS SEASONS.
NEW YEAR'S DAY AND OLD CHRISTMAS DAY.
SHROVE-TUESDAY, OR PANCAKE TUESDAY.
COCK-THROWING AND COCK-FIGHTING.
COCK-FIGHTING ABOUT BLACKBURN.
SHROVETIDE CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
MID-LENT SUNDAY, OR "MOTHERING SUNDAY."
PACE OR PEACE EGGING IN EAST LANCASHIRE.
EASTER SPORTS AT THE MANCHESTER FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
"LIFTING" OR "HEAVING" AT EASTER.
PENDLETON AND PENDLEBURY MAY-POLE AND GAMES.
ROBIN HOOD AND MAY-GAMES AT BURNLEY, IN 1579.
WHIT-TUESDAY.—KING AND QUEEN AT DOWNHAM.
GUNPOWDER PLOT AND GUY FAWKES.
CREATURES WORSHIPPING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS AT WYCOLLER HALL.
WOODEN SHOES AND OATEN BREAD OR JANNOCKS.
PRESENTS TO WOMEN IN CHILDBED.
TEA-DRINKING AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
TURNING THE BED AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
AN UNBAPTIZED CHILD CANNOT DIE.
BETROTHING AND BRIDAL OR WEDDING CUSTOMS.
COURTING AND WEDDING CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
ANCIENT BRIDAL CUSTOM.—THE BRIDE'S CHAIR AND THE FAIRY HOLE.
MARRIAGES AT MANCHESTER PARISH CHURCH.
DYING, DEATH-BED, AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
OLD FUNERAL CUSTOMS AT WARTON.
MODE OF BURIAL OF A WIDOW WHO HAD TAKEN RELIGIOUS VOWS.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS IN EAST LANCASHIRE.
SITUATION AND DIRECTION OF GRAVES.
PECULIAR SERVICES AND TENURES.
MANOR OF COCKERHAM.—REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE OF ALE.
THE LORD'S YULE FEAST AT ASHTON.
RIDING THE BLACK LAD AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.
ROCHDALE TITHE, EASTER-DUES, MORTUARIES, ETC.
FARM AND AGRICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE FYLDE.
