BY CHARLES HARDWICK, AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF PRESTON AND ITS
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF LANCASHIRE AND THE
CHAPTER II. FIRE OR SUN WORSHIP AND ITS ATTENDANT
CHAPTER III. CHRISTMAS AND YULE-TIDE SUPERSTITIONS AND
CHAPTER IV. EASTER SUPERSTITIONS AND CEREMONIES. Gentle Spring!
CHAPTER V. MAY-DAY CEREMONIES AND SUPERSTITIONS. Rejoice, Oh
CHAPTER VI. WITCHCRAFT. What are these, So wither'd and so wild
CHAPTER VII. FAIRIES AND BOGGARTS. There are more things in
CHAPTER VIII. FERN-SEED AND ST. JOHN'S-WORT SUPERSTITIONS.
CHAPTER IX. THE SPECTRE HUNTSMAN AND THE FURIOUS HOST. He the
CHAPTER X. GIANTS, MYTHICAL AND OTHERWISE. His other parts
CHAPTER XI. WERE-WOLVES AND THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS. Thou
CHAPTER XII. SACRED AND OMINOUS BIRDS, ETC. The fatal cuckoo,
CHAPTER XIII. THE DIVINING OR "WISH"-ROD, AND SUPERSTITIONS
CHAPTER XIV. WELL WORSHIP AND SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH
CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION. More strange than true. I never may
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