This Is A New Release Of The Original 1867 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1867 Edition.

1867. Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the County Palatine. The North of England generally, and Lancashire in particular, is remarkably rich in its folklore. Possessed and peopled in succession by the Celts of ancient Britain, but the Angles and other Teutonic peoples, by the Scandinavian races, and by Norman and other foreign settlers at early periods, the result of the respective contributions of these various peoples is necessarily a large mass of traditionary lore. It is the object of this volume to bring this together and present it in a collected form.

With An Appendix Containing A Rare Tract On The Lancashire Witches, Etc.

1867. Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the County Palatine. The North of England generally, and Lancashire in particular, is remarkably rich in its folklore. Possessed and peopled in succession by the Celts of ancient Britain, but the Angles and other Teutonic peoples, by the Scandinavian races, and by Norman and other foreign settlers at early periods, the result of the respective contributions of these various peoples is necessarily a large mass of traditionary lore. It is the object of this volume to bring this together and present it in a collected form.

1867. Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the County Palatine. The North of England generally, and Lancashire in particular, is remarkably rich in its folklore. Possessed and peopled in succession by the Celts of ancient Britain, but the Angles and other Teutonic peoples, by the Scandinavian races, and by Norman and other foreign settlers at early periods, the result of the respective contributions of these various peoples is necessarily a large mass of traditionary lore. It is the object of this volume to bring this together and present it in a collected form.

With An Appendix Containing A Rare Tract On The Lancashire Witches, Etc.

With An Appendix Containing A Rare Tract On The Lancashire Witches, Etc.

LANCASHIRE FOLK-LORE lLLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, LOCAL CUSTOMS AND USAGES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY PALATINE - PREFACE. - FOLK-LORE, though a term that will not be found in our standard dictionaries, from Johnson down to Webster, is nevertheless simply a modern combination of two genuine oId English words-Folc, the folk, the people, the common people j and Ur, Lam, bra, learning, doctrine, precept, law. In the earlier days of our English tongue, folk-land, folk-gemote, folk-right were terms in common use, and amongst this class of compound words our fore-elders bad fok-lure, by which they denoted plain, simple teaching suited for the people, what we should now call popular instruction, and hence folk-lure a meant a sermon. Folk-Lore, in its present signification-and for its general acceptance we are largely indebted to the Editor of that valuable periodical Nodes and Queries, - means the notions of the folk or people, from childhood upwards, especially their superstitious beliefs and practices, as these have been banded down from generation to genera- tion, in popular tradition and tale, rhyme, proverb, or saping, and it is well termed FoIk-Lore in contradistinction to book-lore or scholastic learning. It is the unlearned peoples inheritance of tradition from their ancestors, the modern reflection of ancient faith and usage. This Folk-Lore has not been wholly without record in our literature, Hone in his delightful Every-Day Bad, Year Book, and Tabk Book, has preserved many a choice bit of Englands Folk-Lore and his example has been ably............

Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the County Palatine. The North of England generally, and Lancashire in particular, is remarkably rich in its folklore. Possessed and peopled in succession by the Celts of ancient Britain, but the Angles and other Teutonic peoples, by the Scandinavian races, and by Norman and other foreign settlers at early periods, the result of the respective contributions of these various peoples is necessarily a large mass of traditionary lore. It is the object of this volume to bring this together and present it in a collected form.