Produced by MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The listed errata have been corrected (although the list is by no means comprehensive), as have obvious typos. However, the original text contained inconsistencies in hyphenation, accents and sometimes spelling--these have been retained. Much of the text of this book is in old French or the Guernsey French dialect, and may not conform to the expectations of a modern reader of the language. Normal text within italic passages is denoted ~like this~. The Preface refers to “three sizes of type” distinguishing the main text, notes by the author and notes by the editor. This cannot be easily reproduced in the text version, but has been in the HTML. The author’s notes are footnotes. The editor’s notes--some footnotes, some not--always have “EDITOR’S NOTE” prefixed. GUERNSEY FOLK-LORE. [Illustration: SIR EDGAR MACCULLOCH IN HIS ROBES AS BAILIFF OF GUERNSEY.] GUERNSEY FOLK-LORE A COLLECTION OF _POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS, LEGENDARY TALES, PECULIAR CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, WEATHER SAYINGS, ETC., OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT ISLAND_. FROM MSS. BY THE LATE SIR EDGAR MACCULLOCH, KNT., F.S.A., &c. _Bailiff of Guernsey_. EDITED BY EDITH F. CAREY. _ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF OLD PRINTS, ETC._ LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. GUERNSEY: F. CLARKE, STATES ARCADE. 1903. “IN WINTER’S TEDIOUS NIGHTS SIT BY THE FIRE WITH GOOD OLD FOLKS, AND LET THEM TELL THEE TALES OF WOEFUL AGES LONG AGO BETID.”--K. RICHARD II., ACT V., SC. 1. “LA LEGENDE, LE MYTHE, LA FABLE, SONT, COMME LA CONCENTRATION DE LA VIE NATIONALE, COMME DES RESERVOIRS PROFONDS OU DORMENT LE SANG ET LES LARMES DES PEUPLES.”--BAUDELAIRE. AUTHOR’S PREFACE.