The Folklore of East AngliaRowman and Littlefield, 1974 - 192 pages |
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... asked to take it with them to France , doubtless thinking that possible death by drowning en route was preferable to the horrors to be faced in the trenches . It was a common East Anglian belief , until the last decades of the last ...
... asked to take it with them to France , doubtless thinking that possible death by drowning en route was preferable to the horrors to be faced in the trenches . It was a common East Anglian belief , until the last decades of the last ...
Page 77
... asked him to mend a bread peel , promising him a hot cake if he did so . The ploughman put a new handle on the peel and , a few minutes later , a hot cake , which he ate with relish , appeared in the furrows near his feet . In the same ...
... asked him to mend a bread peel , promising him a hot cake if he did so . The ploughman put a new handle on the peel and , a few minutes later , a hot cake , which he ate with relish , appeared in the furrows near his feet . In the same ...
Page 144
... asked finally , that she had been ridden only once ? Because , declared Margaret , she had overcome Widow Morlin's powers by burning some elder bark and some of her own hair . That , Judge Windham replied , proved that she was no better ...
... asked finally , that she had been ridden only once ? Because , declared Margaret , she had overcome Widow Morlin's powers by burning some elder bark and some of her own hair . That , Judge Windham replied , proved that she was no better ...
Contents
Cures and Remedies | 42 |
Fairies Ghosts and Black Dogs | 75 |
Giants JackoLanterns and The Devil | 93 |
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References to this book
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions Gabrielle Hatfield No preview available - 2004 |
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions Gabrielle Hatfield No preview available - 2004 |