The Footprint at Smithells of George Marsh, the Martyr 135 A Legend of Cartmel Church 137 The Prophet Elias, a Lancashire Fanatic 138 OMENS AND PREDICATIONS. Omens and Predications 138 Cats 141 Dogs 142 Lambs 142 Birds 142 Swallows 143 Magpies 143 Dreams 145 The Moon 149 Hæver or Hiver 149 Deasil or Widersinnis 151 Omens of Weather for New Year's-day 151 Death Tick or Death Watch 152 SUPERSTITIONS, GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. Popular Superstitions 153 Bones of St. Lawrence, at Chorley 157 The Dead Man's Hand 158 Nineteenth Century Superstition 164 Pendle Forest Superstition 164 East Lancashire Superstition 165 Superstitious Fears and Cruelties 167 Superstitious Beliefs in Manchester in the Sixteenth Century 168 Wells and Springs 169 WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT. Witchcraft in the Fifteenth Century 174 The Famous History of the Lancashire Witches 176 Dr. Dee charged with Witchcraft 178 The Lancashire Witches 179 Superstitious Fear of Witchcraft 182 A Household Bewitched 184 The Lancashire Witches of 1612 185 The Samlesbury Witches 194 Witchcraft at Middleton 195 Witchcraft in 1633-34 195 The Lancashire Witches of 1633-4 200 Lancashire Witch-finders 200 The Forest of Pendle--The Haunt of the Lancashire Witches 202