The Folklore of East AngliaRowman and Littlefield, 1974 - 192 pages |
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Page 148
... imps who would carry out her orders . Shortly afterwards the woman was seen out accompanied by a rat , a cat , a toad , a ferret and a mouse . Everybody believed she was a witch and many people visited her to obtain cures . Jabez Few of ...
... imps who would carry out her orders . Shortly afterwards the woman was seen out accompanied by a rat , a cat , a toad , a ferret and a mouse . Everybody believed she was a witch and many people visited her to obtain cures . Jabez Few of ...
Page 149
... imps to her daughter , telling her to let them bite her breasts . When the girl opened the box , however , and one of the imps put out a webbed wing , there was a loud clap of thunder which so alarmed her that she hastily lowered the ...
... imps to her daughter , telling her to let them bite her breasts . When the girl opened the box , however , and one of the imps put out a webbed wing , there was a loud clap of thunder which so alarmed her that she hastily lowered the ...
Page 182
... IMPS : C. E. Parsons , Notes on Cambridgeshire Witch- craft , Vol . XIX , Camb . Antiquarian Soc . Proc . , 1915 , 34 . WILLINGHAM IMPS : Told to E. Porter by a Willingham resident in 1967 . LODDON IMPS : M. Adams , op . cit . , 44-6 ...
... IMPS : C. E. Parsons , Notes on Cambridgeshire Witch- craft , Vol . XIX , Camb . Antiquarian Soc . Proc . , 1915 , 34 . WILLINGHAM IMPS : Told to E. Porter by a Willingham resident in 1967 . LODDON IMPS : M. Adams , op . cit . , 44-6 ...
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 |