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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.
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