Curiosities of Olden Times

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

THE MEANING OF MOURNING

CURIOSITIES OF CYPHER

STRANGE WILLS

QUEER CULPRITS

GHOSTS IN COURT

STRANGE PAINS AND PENALTIES

WHAT ARE WOMEN MADE OF?

"FLAGELLUM SALUTIS"

"HERMIPPUS REDIVIVUS"

THE BARONESS DE BEAUSOLEIL

SOME CRAZY SAINTS

THE JACKASS OF VANVRES

A MYSTERIOUS VALE

KING ROBERT OF SICILY

SORTES SACRAE

CHIAPA CHOCOLATE

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

Title: Curiosities of Olden Times

Author: S. Baring-Gould

Language: English

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CURIOSITIES OF OLDEN TIMES

CURIOSITIES
OF
OLDEN TIMES

BY
S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.
AUTHOR OF ‘ICELAND, ITS SCENES AND ITS SAGAS,’ ‘MEHALAH,’ ETC.

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

Edinburgh
JOHN GRANT
31 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE
1896


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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