Lancashire Folk-lore: Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County PalatineHarland, John
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Lancashire Folk-lore: Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine
Harland, John
Folklore -- England -- Lancashire; Lancashire (England) -- Social life and customs
Charm, a, in cypher, 63
Charms and spells, 62;
against evil beings, _ib._;
against sickness, wounds, &c., 74;
crow, lady-bird, 70-71;
to get drink, 72-74;
against danger by night, 74;
wounds, 74;
toothache, 75;
rheumatism and cramp, 75;
ague, 80;
nettle stings, _ib._;
jaundice, _ib._;
to get sleep, _ib._
"Chattox, Old," a witch, 186-189
Child, unbaptized, cannot die, 262
Childbed presents, 260
Childbirth, tea-drinking, 261
" turning the bed after, 261
Children, gifts to, 262
Christianizing of pagan gods and festivals, 14
Christmas, 252;
mumming at, 253;
carols, 254;
games, 255;
mutes, 256
Christmas at Wycoller Hall, 256
" Carols, 254;
rhymes, 253
Christmas customs in the Fylde, 254;
games there, 255
Christmas-day, old and new, 20;
breakfast in the Fylde, 256
Christmas Eve, creatures worshipping, 253;
called "Flesh-day," 256
" Evergreens, &c., 256
Christmas Frumenty, 252, 256
Christmas hobby-horse, 254
Christmas or Yule Feast, at Ashton-under-Lyne, 286
Church Festivals, 212, _et seq._
Churches and Churchyards, north and south sides of, 275
Cinderella and her slipper, 5
Clayton Hall Boggart, 52
Clegg Hall Boggart, 52
Cleworth, Demoniacs in 1594, 92
Clock-house Boggart, 52
Cob-seeding, 298
Cock-penny, at Clitheroe, 220
Cock-throwing and Cock-fighting, 218;
about Blackburn, 220;
at Burnley, _ib._
Cockerham Manor, 281;
ale in, _ib._
Cokersand Abbey, 281;
abbot of, _ib._
Collop Monday, 217
Constablewick, a Saxon, 295
Corals with bells, 262
Corpse, carrying the, 272, 274
Courting and Wedding Customs in the Fylde, 264
Cousell and Clarke, conjurors, 86
Cramp Rings, 75
Creed and Little Creed, at Eccles, 114
Cross-buns on Good Friday, 226
Crow Charm, 70
Curfew Bell, 44
Customs of Manors, 276;
in Furness, 281;
Ashton, 286, 289
Customs' dues at Warrington, 301
"Cuthbert, Old mother," and her daughters, 177
Dalton-in-Furness, funerals at, 271;
manor, 299;
hunt and rout, _ib._
Dalton-in-Furness, hiring reapers on Sunday, 299
Danish Traditions, &c., 4, 5
Darrell's (Rev. John) _Narrative_, &c. 93, 96;
his punishment, 97
Dead and Dying, the, 7
" man's hand, 158, 163
" raising the, 128
Deasil, or Widersinnis, 151
Death tick or Death watch, 152
Dee (Dr. John), 25
" charged with Witchcraft, 178
Deities and demi-gods, 12
"Demdike, Old," a witch, 186;
"Young Demdike," _ib._
Demon and Goblin Superstitions, 88
Demon Pig, 89
Demoniacal possession in 1594, 92;
in 1686, 98
Demoniacs, 87;
dispossessing a, 92;
at Morzine, 88
Demonology, 86
Denton Rent-boons, 294
Derby (Edward 3rd) Earl of, charged with keeping a Conjuror, 129
Device, Elizabeth and Alizon, witches, 186, 189
Devil, the 16;
his names, 84-86;
a card-player, 81;
raised, 17, 81;
exorcised, 17, 81
Devil, at Burnley, 83
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