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
" and the Tailor of Chatburn, 82;
and the Dun horse, _ib._;
and the schoolmaster at Cockerham, 83
Devil, sacrifices to, 82;
appearances of, _ib._
"Devils of Morzine," (demoniacs) 88
Dispossession of Devils, 93-98
Divination, ancient, 7;
Lancashire, _ib._
" 102;
at marriages, 103;
by Bible and key, _ib._;
Lancashire form of, 104;
by the dying, _ib._;
second-sight, 105;
spirits of the dying and dead, _ib._;
by lots, 106
Doles at Weddings, 264;
at funerals, 270;
at Swinton, _ib._
Downham, King and Queen at, 248
Dreams, 6, 19, 140, 145-149
Drink-leans, 288
Druidical Rock basins, 106-110
Dugdale, the Surey demoniac, 98
Dukinfield (Sir Robert), and the heriot, 294
Dying, Death-bed, and Funeral Customs, 268
Dying hardly, 268
Easter, _Eostre_, 8, 226, 227
" Customs, 227-237;
Fylde, 236
" Day, 227
" Eggs, 227, 228
" Monday, 233, 237
" "Lifting or heaving," 233;
game of the ring, 234;
Sports, 231
Easter sports at the Manchester Free Grammar School, 231
Eating and Drinking Customs, 258
Eccles, ignorance in, 113-115
Eccles cakes, 258
Edward I., King, 27;
his gift for "lifting," 233
Edward III., King, 28;
his letter for alms, 133
Edward IV., King, 32
Edward VI., King, 34
Eggs, Pace, Pasche, or Easter, 217, 228;
in Blackburn, 228, 229;
in East Lancashire, 231;
bought for Easter, 229;
papal prayer, blessing eggs, 229
"Elias, the Prophet," a fanatic, 138
Elizabeth, Queen, 35
Ellen's (St.) Well, in Brindle, 172
Elves and Fairies, 110-113
Everton toffy, 258
Evil Eye, the, 69
Ewe Loaf, the, 256
Exorcism of demons by godly ministers, 95, 98-101
Fag-pie (or Fig-pie) Sunday, 226, 258
Fairies, 53;
and Elves, 106-110
Fairy, a, on Mellor Moor, 111
" Hole, at Warton, 265
" Queen, 16
" Tales, Lancashire, 112, 113
Familiar Spirit, Transfer of a, 210
_Famous History of Witches_, 176
Feeorin (fairies), 53
Fern Seed, 10
Festivals, Church and Season, 212
Finger Stocks of Stone, 288
Flemings' Wooden Shoes and Oaten Bread, 259
"Flesh-Day" (Christmas Eve), 256
Folk-Lore, Eastern, 2-6;
Greek and Roman, 5, 6;
Scandinavian, 4, 5;
various, 113;
of Eccles and neighbourhood, 113
Footprints at Brindle Church, 134;
at Smithells Hall, 135
Fortune-Telling, 121-126;
Story of, 122;
"Owd Rollison," 123
Frumenty, 262, 256, 258
Funeral Biddings, 274;
gifts, 275;
bay, rosemary, &c., 270, 272, 275
Funeral Customs, 268;
in East Lancashire, 273;
at Dalton-in-Furness, 271;
at Warton, 271;
Fylde, 272
Funeral Doles, 270;
at Swinton, _ib._;
various, 274
Funeral Sermons, 274;
dinners and drinkings, 272
Furness, Manorial Customs, 281, 285
Fylde, The (in Lancashire), _passim_.
" Easter Customs in, 236, 242, 243
" Farm and Agricultural Celebrations in, 298
" Harvest Home, 298;
"shutting of marling," _ib._;
cob-seeding, _ib._
Gabriel Ratchets, 89, 167
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