Archaic England / An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II THE MAGIC OF WORDS

CHAPTER III A TALE OF TROY

CHAPTER IV ALBION

CHAPTER V GOG AND MAGOG

CHAPTER VI. PUCK.

CHAPTER VII OBERON

CHAPTER VIII SCOURING THE WHITE HORSE

CHAPTER IX BRIDE'S BAIRNS

CHAPTER X HAPPY ENGLAND

CHAPTER XI THE FAIR MAID

CHAPTER XII Peter's Orchards .

CHAPTER XIII. ENGLISH EDENS

CHAPTER XIV. DOWN UNDER.

CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A. IRELAND AND PHOENICIA.

APPENDIX B. PERRY-DANCERS AND PERRY STONES.

APPENDIX C. BRITISH SYMBOLS.

APPENDIX D. GLASTONBURY.

APPENDIX E. THE DRUIDS AND CRETE.

L'ENVOI.

INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

Most spelling variants are retained. Punctuation is occasionally corrected, especially in the index and in footnotes, to maintain consistency.

Figures have been moved to before or after the paragraphs near which they appeared in the text. On occasion, the pagination shown here may be slightly disordered. Internal references to pages have been hyperlinked to the original page. Given the approximate placement of figures, the reader may need to scroll up or down a bit to find the figure.

The titles and page references for the five appendices have been added to the table of contents.

A Transcriber’s Endnote at the end of this text contains more detailed information about corrections made.


ARCHAIC ENGLAND

AN ESSAY IN DECIPHERING PREHISTORY FROM
MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS, EARTHWORKS,
CUSTOMS, COINS, PLACE-NAMES, AND
FAERIE SUPERSTITIONS

BY

HAROLD BAYLEY

AUTHOR OF “THE SHAKESPEARE SYMPHONY,” “A NEW LIGHT ON THE RENAISSANCE,”
“THE LOST LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM,” ETC.

“One by one tiny fragments of testimony accumulate attesting such a survival and continuance of folk memory as few men of to-day have suspected.”—Johnson

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