Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Hélène de Mink and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Time has spared the epitaph on Adrian's horse,--confounded that of himself." SIR THOMAS BROWNE. TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE. BY JOHN ROBY, M.R.S.L. _ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL AND WOOD._ IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. Fifth Edition. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS. MANCHESTER: L. C. GENT. 1872. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY EDINBURGH AND LONDON Transcriber's note: Minors spelling inconsistencies – mainly hyphenated words – have been harmonised. Obvious printer errors have been corrected, but the original regional spelling of “properpty” (in "Clegg Hall") has been retained. Letters after the sign ^ should be read as superscript. Example Edw^d, where the “d” is superscript. Some chapters start with illustrations. In the original book those illustrations are not named. Here they are named after their chapters. The Latin numbers (i, ii, etc.) behind some words or expressions refer to the transcriber's notes at the end of this e-book. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. PAGE THE FAIRIES' CHAPEL, 1 THE LUCK OF MUNCASTER, 24 THE PEEL OF FOULDREY, 35 A LEGEND OF BEWSEY, 69 THE BLESSING, 78 THE DULE UPO' DUN, 82 WINDLESHAW ABBEY, 96 CLEGG HALL, 137 THE MERMAID OF MARTIN MEER, 172 GEORGE FOX, 189 THE DEMON OF THE WELL, 206 THE SANDS, 225 THE RING AND THE CLIFF, 236 THE DEAD MAN'S HAND, 247 THE LOST FARM, 262 THE MAID'S STRATAGEM, 294 THE SKULL-HOUSE, 311 RIVINGTON PIKE, 322 MOTHER RED-CAP, 345 THE DEATH-PAINTER, 389 THE CRYSTAL GOBLET, 416 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE PEEL OF FOULDREY _To face page_ 35 BEWSEY, NEAR WARRINGTON 69 WINDLESHAW ABBEY 96 CLEGG HALL, NEAR ROCHDALE 137 PEG O'NELLY'S WELL, NEAR CLITHEROE 206 ULVERSTONE SANDS 225 THE LOST FARM, NEAR SOUTHPORT 262 RIVINGTON PIKE 322 "THE THRUTCH," NEAR ROCHDALE 349 THE FAIRIES' CHAPEL.